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The sun ray's are most responsible for Earth's surface temperature.

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the magma in the core, or the sun making the greenhouse effect on the atmosphere

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Sunlight. The warmth rises into the atmosphere where some is trapped by greenhouse gases. These warm gases then warm the earth's surface again.

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The temperature at earth's surface is mainly a function of heat input from the sun, heat input from radioactive decay inside the earth, and heat output radiated off into space.

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the sun heats up the Eath's surface

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What kind of map shows rock types making up earth's surface?

A geologic map shows rock types making up earths surface.


How do glaciers affect earths surface?

When they slide or move across the land they pick up rocks and soil which changes the Ground beneath it.By glacial erosion which is when slowly over time large U shaped valleys are carved out; or by 'plucking' which is when rocks or boulders are literally plucked up from the surface and carried down the valley.Rocks frozen underneath glaciers carve the land when glaciers move


How does the process of convection rely on radiation?

It relys on it because convection are the air currents that have to be heated by something, so you need objects to radiate heat to heat up the air to start the current


What do you call the ability of water to climb upward in narrow tubes?

The adhesive forces of the polar water molecules to the glass surface, breaks the surface tension of the water and causes a capillary action up the sides of the tube.


Why does air flow from water to land during the day?

The sun more quickly heats the surface of the land during the daytime than that of the water. The reason for this is that the surface of the water has a much higher effective heat capacity (amount of temperature change for a given unit of heat imparted) than land. This contrast in surface temperatures causes the air column over land to expand, consequently an upper level pressure gradient to develop (high over land at altitude vs low over the water) and flow at altitude from land to ocean. This movement of air out of the land air column and towards the water air column causes a surface pressure gradient to develop, with a surface level high pressure over water and a surface level low over the land. This gradient drives the daytime "see breeze" flow of surface level air from the water to the land. It's actually part of a cell that develops that can be thought of as a roll laying parallel to the shore, going up over land, out to sea at height, down over the sea, and towards land at the surface.

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How does heat move from inside earth to earths surface?

well hot goes up and cold goes down


How does temperature affect the climate?

The heat from the sun causes the surface of the earth to warm up and with the amount of green houses there are it causes the heat from the sun to trapped and that causes global warming.


What gas causes the ice to melt?

Gas does not directly cause Ice to melt. However if you are talking about glaciers then the gas Carbon Dioxide (CO2) causes the earths atmosphere to heat up (because it traps more of the Sun's heat) and this causes glaciers to melt - because the Earths climate is hotter.


What is causes of volcanic eruption?

magma and heat preasurizing


What is the process that breaks up rock on earths surface?

weathering breaks rocks on earths surface


Why do meteors not burn up before the y reach the surface of the moon?

Because... there's almost no atmosphere on the moon. On Earth - the atmosphere causes meteorites to heat up to the point that they usually evaporate before striking the surface. On the moon - they don't heat up enough, and survive to land on the surface.


What ocean makes up twenty percent of the earths water surface?

Indian Ocean covers 20% of water on the earths surface.


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.


What factors control rocks returning to earths surface and becoming magma?

the heat of the volcano makes the rocks heat. the heat is the rocks the volcano blew up. now the rocks are a red hot liquid, the rocks rise to the surface because of the heat, it pops open the volcano top and makes a new island.


How does lava effect the surface?

lava effects the earths surface by destroying it and building it up


How the sun causes natural disasters?

the sun causes the earth to heat up more which the earths core is already heating so this activity causes the techtonic plates to move creating things such as earthquakes volcanic eruptions ect.


Why is air colder when you go up?

2 reasons - first the earths surface absorbs a lot of the suns heat which helps to keep the air warmer near the surface. Second the higher you go the less dense the air so it has less ability to absorbe heat.