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Greenhouse gases absorb the infrared rays. These are heat rays of the sun.

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How do bio-gases cause -by contributing to- the green house effect?

Bio-gases such as methane and carbon dioxide are greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, leading to the greenhouse effect. When these bio-gases are released into the atmosphere from sources like livestock, landfills, and biomass burning, they contribute to the warming of Earth's surface by absorbing and re-emitting infrared radiation. This traps heat and contributes to climate change.


What protects the earth from getting to hot or cold or dry?

The earth is protected by its atmosphere.


What is Uranus' atmosphere made of?

Uranus's atmosphere is made of different type of gasses, Uranus gets its blue-green color from methane gas in the atmosphere.


How do green houses gases change the temperature of the atmosphere?

The popular view is that the atmosphere has some sort of layer of carbon dioxide "up there" that reflects heat back down to Earth rather than letting it escape to space. That would be like the glass on a greenhouse trapping warm air in while letting the sunlight through to increase the heat. In a greenhouse the sunlight warms the benches and floor, he warm objects heat the air, the air is trapped by the double layer of insulating glass. It does not happen that way. Sunlight comes in and warms the Earth's surface. It warms the gases in the air too, at least some of them with a bond size that gets excited by sunlight. These special gases are greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour and a few others). They are mixed evenly through all of the atmosphere (not in layer). When the gases are warm they share their heat with all their gas molecule neighbour and heat the atmosphere generally. The effect i more like wet sand in a microwave. Microwaves do not heat sand. They do heat water. When you microwave wet sand, the water heats up - might even turn to steam. The hot water warms the sand.


Is their any known measurements of how high green house gases rise from the surface of the earth?

Greenhouse gases can rise to different levels in the atmosphere depending on their properties and sources. For example, carbon dioxide can spread evenly throughout the atmosphere, while methane tends to be more concentrated closer to the surface. Measurements from satellites, aircraft, and ground-based stations help to track the distribution and concentration of greenhouse gases at different altitudes.

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What looks blue and green because of gas?

The planet Earth looks blue and green from space because of its atmosphere, which contains gases like oxygen and nitrogen that scatter sunlight to create those colors.


Are green house gases and a green house kind a the same thing?

Indeed they are acting alike. The glass in a green house allows light to enter but reduces the amount of heat that leaves. Green houses gasses in the atmosphere have the same effect on the planet in general.


What makes a green house gas different from other gases in the atmosphere?

The definition of greenhouse gases are any gas with three or more atoms.Answer:The bond lengths between atoms in green house gases allows them to absorb heat energy more easily from sunlight. This is then shared with other atmospheric gases.


Why this type of heat transfered is trapped by green houses?

Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, allow sunlight to pass through and warm the Earth's surface. When this heat is radiated back towards space, greenhouse gases trap some of it, causing the atmosphere to retain more heat. This process is known as the greenhouse effect and is responsible for the warming of the Earth's climate.


Do green house gases weaken the ozone?

Yes they do, green house gases are caused by burning fossil fuels, coal and oil. These gases then 'attack' the onzone layer which creates 'holes' in the atmosphere which allows dangerous and harmful radiation into the atmosphere.


What affects the atmosphere?

The atmosphere is affected by pollution and fosil fules or perhaps green house gases.......i think :-)


How do bio-gases cause -by contributing to- the green house effect?

Bio-gases such as methane and carbon dioxide are greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, leading to the greenhouse effect. When these bio-gases are released into the atmosphere from sources like livestock, landfills, and biomass burning, they contribute to the warming of Earth's surface by absorbing and re-emitting infrared radiation. This traps heat and contributes to climate change.


Having more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will do to the average temperatures in the atmosphere and why?

Green house gases will keep more of the heat that enters the earth. It will raise the temperature


Why is the green comet green?

The green color of a comet is caused by the gases it releases, such as diatomic carbon and cyanogen, which emit green light when they interact with sunlight.


What is the process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and reradieat heat called?

green house


What is meant by green house?

Green house effect is the hypothesis that certain gases in the high atmosphere hold heat in.


What happen to the energy from the sun when is reflected or absurd by the atmosphere?

They get burned in the Green house gases