Question

1.
a. What will happen if the earth emits more heat radiation than it receives from the sun?
b. What will happen if it emits less than it receives?
2. Why can radiation from the Sun get through the atmosphere?

Answer 1

Answer:

a.The conclusion provides evidence both of planetary warming and of the lag in the response of the planet to the warming created by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere – gases which trap infrared heat, preventing it from dissipating into space