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Does visible light rays coming from earth surface heat the atmosphere in a way similar to the way a green house is heated?
Visible light rays from the Sun penetrate the atmosphere and heat the Earth's surface. The Earth absorbs this energy and then emits it back as infrared radiation, which is absorbed by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This process, known as the greenhouse effect, warms the atmosphere and helps regulate Earth's temperature.
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What happens as solar radiation travels towards earth?
Some is absorbed by molecules in the atmosphere (such as ultraviolet absorption by ozone), some is absorbed on the surface, and some is reflected by clouds or the surface back into space. The surface will re-radiate much of the absorbed solar radiation as infrared (thermal) radiation, and some of this is then absorbed by atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.
Why is it not completely accurate to describe the energy coming from the sun as visible radiation?
Mainly because not all of it is visible.
What is the coming down of water as rain or snow?
Precipitation is the term used to describe the process of water coming down as rain or snow from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface. This can occur in various forms such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail depending on temperature and atmospheric conditions.
Does Saturn have a bright or dim light?
A supergiant star has an atmosphere that extends far from the star's center. On a surface area basis, square meters say, the surface is very dim. But since the size is so great the overall brightness is high. Betelgeuse is a good example. The outer atmosphere is so tenuous that there is actually a star orbiting within it. But it is so large that it shines brightly at the right shoulder of Orion.
Where is a shooting star in the atmosphere?
"Shooting stars" or meteors are bits of material falling through Earth's atmosphere; they are heated to incandescence by the friction of the air. The bright trails as they are coming through the Earth's atmosphere are termed meteors, and these chunks as they are hurtling through space are called meteoroids. Large pieces that do not vaporize completely and reach the surface of the Earth are termed meteoritesMeteors
What is the term for visible heat coming off of a surface?
What you are seeing is a mirage. For more information see the article at http://www.intellipoop.com/2009/07/heat-surface/
Why does spaceships catch on fire while coming back to earth?
It has a high speed as it begins re-entry, but the earths atmosphere slows it down as it approches the surface. The heat comes about due to the friction of the atmosphere on the shuttle as it slows.
What happens as solar radiation travels towards earth?
Some is absorbed by molecules in the atmosphere (such as ultraviolet absorption by ozone), some is absorbed on the surface, and some is reflected by clouds or the surface back into space. The surface will re-radiate much of the absorbed solar radiation as infrared (thermal) radiation, and some of this is then absorbed by atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.
Why is it not completely accurate to describe the energy coming from the sun as visible radiation?
Mainly because not all of it is visible.
What part of speech is the word atmosphere?
The word atmospheric is an adjective. It means to be coming from the atmosphere.
When a wave is coming toward a surface it is called a what?
When a wave is coming toward a surface, it is called an incident wave.
What is a meteore called in space?
it is called a metoroid the different stages of a meteore are: meteoroid, meteorite and meteore. meteoriod is when it is still in space, meteorite is when it is coming through the atmosphere and, meteore is when it has touched the surface
How far abouve the earth is the zone were the space ship heats up coming back to earth?
Space Ships get heated on there return to earth due to friction from the atmosphere on the surface of the ship. The ships get hotter the closer they get to the surface. They begin to encounter very thin air at ~45-50,000 ft, and the atmosphere gets much more dense thus causing faster heating, the closer they get to the surface.
What is water called that is returning to earth?
Water that returns to Earth is typically called precipitation, which includes rain, snow, sleet, or hail falling from the atmosphere to the ground. This process is part of the water cycle, where water evaporates from the Earth's surface, forms clouds in the atmosphere, and then returns back to the surface as precipitation.
What is the coming down of water as rain or snow?
Precipitation is the term used to describe the process of water coming down as rain or snow from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface. This can occur in various forms such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail depending on temperature and atmospheric conditions.
Does Saturn have a bright or dim light?
A supergiant star has an atmosphere that extends far from the star's center. On a surface area basis, square meters say, the surface is very dim. But since the size is so great the overall brightness is high. Betelgeuse is a good example. The outer atmosphere is so tenuous that there is actually a star orbiting within it. But it is so large that it shines brightly at the right shoulder of Orion.
When is surface season 2 coming out?
"Surface" (2005) was canceled after the first season.
