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What form is radiation emitted from the earth's surface back into the atmosphere?
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Heat rises from the surface of the earth in the form of infra-red radiation.
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What is 78 percent of the earths atmosphere?
nitrogen
A chunk of matter that enters earths atmosphere and is heated by friction with the air?
A meteor. Technically, a "meteor" is the flash of light itself. Once the rock hits the Earth's surface (IF it survives) it is called a "meteorite".
Is the level of the ocean's surface used as a reference point when measuring height of depth of the earths surface?
Yes it is.
Can all 3 types of rock form on the earths surface?
i think
Fragment that enters the earths atmosphere but does not hit earth?
Meteor. Meteorites are the ones that do hit Earth.
When earths surface is heated it radiates most of the energy back into the atmosphere as ultraviolet radiation?
Not as ultraviolet; the radiation is emitted as infrared radiation.
What heats earths atmosphere?
The sun heats the atmosphere. Solar radiation largely passes through the atmosphere and warms the surface of the earth. The earth then radiates heat up into the lower levels of the atmosphere where greenhouse gases warm. The warmed greenhouse gases then continue to radiate heat in all directions warming the atmosphere and again the earth's surface.
The earths surface transfers heat to the atmosphere primarily by?
the answer is radiation
When Earths surface is heated it radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as?
When Earths surface is heated it radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as "Infrared Radiation."
What are particles that move quickly away from the sun's surface?
Photon energy is emitted from the sun in the form of light. Also Alpha and Beta Radiation particles, these are nuclear in nature and do not reach past earths upper atmosphere.
What is most of the energy that heats earths atmosphere?
Heat from the sun rising as infrared radiation from the surface of the earth.
If Earths surface is heated does it radiate most of the energy back into the atmosphere as ultraviolet radiation?
No. It radiates most energy back as infarred radiation.
What effect can a very large eruption have on earths climate?
It will cool the earth's surface as radiation from the sun is blocked from entering the atmosphere
What the most ultraviolet radiation is blocked from reaching earths surface by what substance found in the atmosphere?
Ozone in the atmosphere blocks most of the UV radiation from the Sun... Without it's protection - the planet would overheat.
What kind of radiation passes through the atmosphere and reaches the earths surface?
highlight factors which show that heat from the sun does reach th earth surface by convection
Is all radiation absorbed in the earths atmosphere is absorbed in what atmosphere?
Not all the radiation is absorbed in the earth's atmosphere called the troposphere.
Why is the atmosphere needed on a planet?
Atmospheres have many different purposes, however the Earths atmosphere is vital to its existense as it prevents the suns harmful radiation from reaching the Earths surface. Moreover, from an enviromental standpoint the errosion by pollutants will eventually destroy the delicate atmosphere and the Earths protective barrier will be gone.
