The sun feels hotter at higher elevations because the air is thinner, which means there are fewer molecules to absorb and scatter the sun's heat. This results in more direct sunlight reaching the surface, making it feel hotter.
At higher altitudes, the air is less dense and contains fewer molecules to trap heat, so it can feel colder rather than hotter. However, the sun's rays can still feel more intense due to less atmosphere to scatter them, making it feel warmer in direct sunlight.
The sand has a higher conductivity.
Concrete has a higher heat capacity and thermal conductivity compared to grass, which means it can absorb and retain more heat. Grass can also release moisture through evaporation, which helps to cool it down. This combination of factors makes concrete feel hotter to the touch compared to grass.
Some scientists say it is because of global warming. global warming is caused by what is believed to be us polluting the atmosphere. When we pollute the atmosphere with smoke, and gas, and other harmful things, it traps the heat from the sun which makes it feel hotter. Imagine it like the Earth covered up with a blanket. When you get hot, you would want to take the blanket off. Well, the Earth cannot take off that blanket when it gets hot. It just keeps getting hotter and hotter. Have you ever been in a greenhouse? If you have, you would know it is very hot. The Earth's atmosphere is like a greenhouse. It takes in the sun heat and traps it inside. Of course our atmosphere releases some heat to make the atmosphere at a moderate temperature and not boiling hot. Global warming is making the Earth much warmer and when the air gets more heated up, the atmosphere doesn't release enough to keep it at that normal temperature.
No. A home oven cannot get hotter than about 500 degrees F, while the surface of the Sun is over 10,000.
The sand has a higher conductivity.
The sand feels hotter to touch than the towel because sand has a lower heat capacity than the towel, which means it heats up faster when exposed to the sun. This is why the sand can feel hotter even when they are both under the same sun.
Based on the graph, can you generalize that the higher the layer of the atmosphere (that is closer to the sun), the hotter the temperature? Why or why not
In higher elevations or altitudes like mountain regions, there is higher risk of developing sunburns.
At higher altitudes, the air is less dense and contains fewer molecules to trap heat, so it can feel colder rather than hotter. However, the sun's rays can still feel more intense due to less atmosphere to scatter them, making it feel warmer in direct sunlight.
Not on your life. The highest layers of the atmosphere are the coldest, and the hottest season in the US occurs at the time when the Earth is farthest away from the sun.
because the earht spins on its axis
why the sun is higher in summer is because the earths top of the axis is pointed to the sun which makes this hotter and in winter the axis is pointed away from the sun which makes it colder
The sand has a higher conductivity.
Surface of the sun is hotter.
No. None of the planets is hotter than the sun.
Metal is a good conductor of heat compared to paper, so it absorbs and transfers heat more efficiently. This causes the metal lunchbox to feel hotter to the touch when exposed to the sun than the newspaper.