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What happens to most of the sunlight that reaches Earth?
About 50% is absorbed by Earth's surface, about 25% is reflected by clouds, dust, and gases in the atmosphere, about 20% is absorbed by gases and particles in the atmosphere and about 5% is reflected by the surface back into the atmosphere. Also some absorbed energy is radiated back into the atmosphere.
The fuel driving the atmosphere is?
solar energy
Why do gases surround the Earth?
Gravity is able to keep the heavier gases close to the Earth's surface, but light gases such as helium rise in the atmosphere and are swept away by the Solar Wind.
What is the outermost portion of the solar atmosphere called?
The heliosphere.
What do you understand by atmospheric stability How does the solar energy affect atmospheric stability and the visibility of the atmosphere?
QAMAR ABBAS ENVIRONMENTALIST GILGIT ASTORE Actually temperature decreases with altitude called as lapse rate, greater the lapse rate of atmosphere the more it will be unstable. Atmospheric stability is the resistance of atmosphere against the increasing lapse rate therefore we can say that colder the temperature at altitude the more unstable will be the atmosphere similarly the low lapse rate determines that the atmospheric stability. The environmental lapse rate is 9.8 C/Km. Solar radiation helps the atmosphere to remain stable because it heats up the gases near the land which subsequently rises while decreasing lapse rate so that it is said atmosphere in clear sunny day is more stable than cloudy one. The third portion of this question is related the visibility with the solar energy YES the solar energy increases the visibility of atmosphere by breaking the trapping of pollutants and dispersing them while increasing the shining of atmosphere as well.
What is the energy from the sun is called?
Solar Energy. The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. The Earth receives 174 petawatts of incoming solar radiation at the upper atmosphere.
Energy that is reflected from the atmosphere is?
Energy that is reflected from the atmosphere is called albedo. With albedo, sunlight is reflected which prevents solar energy from being absorbed in the ground.
How would greenhouse gases retain energy in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse Gases (water, carbon dioxide, methane, SF6 etc.) are made up of at least two molecules. The bond size between the atoms in the molecules is such that it can absorb heat more easily than other molecules. When solar energy comes to the atmosphere they absorb the solar energy as heat then radiate it to other atmospheric (non-greenhouse) gases such as nitrogen and oxygen..
What is energy produced by coming from the sun?
Energy that is produced or coming from the sun is called solar energy. Solar energy enables warmth within the atmosphere and enables daytime heating.
The trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere is called what?
it allows solar radiation to penetrate to the surface!
What are energy blasts from the sun's atmosphere that can affect radio transmissions called?
solar flares
How does solar radiation leave earths atmosphere?
It is radiated by many of the gases in the lower atmosphere.
What type of energy is collected from the sun?
The energy collected from the sun is called solar energy. The energy gets to the earth from the sun by radiation that has been affected by the earth's atmosphere.
What happens to most of the sunlight that reaches Earth?
About 50% is absorbed by Earth's surface, about 25% is reflected by clouds, dust, and gases in the atmosphere, about 20% is absorbed by gases and particles in the atmosphere and about 5% is reflected by the surface back into the atmosphere. Also some absorbed energy is radiated back into the atmosphere.
What part of the atmosphere blocks solar energy?
The Thermosphere primarily blocks solar energy.
What are gasses in the atmosphere that absorb solar radiation called?
The ozone gas absorbs UV rays. It is present as ozone layer.These atmospheric gases, also referred to as greenhouse gases, absorb solar radiation and cause a rise in temperature.
How solar energy affect in our athmosphere?
Solar energy provides heat. It makes the atmosphere warm.
