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How does the atmosphere regulate temperature? What does the atmosphere provide a shield against? What might happen if this shield wasn’t there? What would happen to the Earth’s water if there wasn’t an atmosphere? What is this overall effect called? |
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Answer» Atmosphere regulates the average temperature on the earth. ... Various GREENHOUSE gases like methane, carbon dioxide, WATER vapour and ozone responsible for protecting the earth atmosphereNitrogen, oxygen and ozone molecules in the upper atmosphere and stratosphere absorb ultraviolet light from the Sun, providing a shield that prevents this radiation from passing to the Earth's surface.All unprotected plant and animal life on the Earth's surface WOULD die. We can't survive long in a VACUUM, which is what we'd have if the atmosphere suddenly vanished. It would be much like being "spaced' or shot out of an airlock, except the initial temperature would be higher. Eardrums would popThe temperature of the Earth would rapidly start to rise once our atmosphere had disappeared. Without our atmosphere we have little protection from the Sun's HEAT. It would penetrate to the Earth's surface and cause the water to start boiling off into steam that would float off into space. |
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