The key to understanding atmospheric structure lies in interactions between atmospheric gases and energy from the Sun. Although most light coming from the Sun is visible light, the Sun also emits significant amounts of ultraviolet light and X rays. In addition, the planetary surface emits infrared light. Atmospheric gases interact with each of these forms of light in different ways. Which of these statements about the interaction between atmospheric gases and light is not correct ?
The key to understanding atmospheric structure lies in interactions between atmospheric gases and energy from the Sun. Although most light coming from the Sun is visible light, the Sun also emits significant amounts of ultraviolet light and X rays. In addition, the planetary surface emits infrared light. Atmospheric gases interact with each of these forms of light in different ways. Which of these statements about the interaction between atmospheric gases and light is not correct ?
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10. The key to understanding atmospheric structure lies in interactions between atmospheric gases and energy from the Sun. Although most light coming from the Sun is visible light, the Sun also emits significant amounts of ultraviolet light and X rays. In addition, the planetary surface emits infrared light. Atmospheric gases interact with each of these forms of light in different ways. Which of these statements about the interaction between atmospheric gases and light is not correct ?
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X rays have enough energy to ionize (knock electrons from) almost any atom or molecule. They can therefore be absorbed by virtually all
atmospheric gases.
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Ultraviolet photons generally do not have enough energy to cause ionization, but they can sometimes break molecules apart.
Visible-light photons generally pass through atmospheric gases without being absorbed, but some are scattered so that their direction
changes.
Infrared photons can be absorbed by greenhouse gases, which are molecules that easily begin rotating and vibrating.
Visible light photons can split water (H20) molecules, and are even more likely to be absorbed by weakly bonded molecules, such as
ozone (03), which split apart in the process.
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