Earth's Atmosphere 0.0 / 5 ? AstronomyPlanet Earth GCSEEdexcel Created by: StudyBuddy : )Created on: 31-08-22 14:40 How thick is the Earths Atmosphere ? 100km 1 of 17 Which layer of Earths Atmospher do we live in ? Troposphere 2 of 17 The light from the sky is made up from which colours ? Those of the rainbow 3 of 17 How thick is the layer we live in ? 14km 4 of 17 Are colours with shorter wavelengths absorbed or do they pass through? Absorbed (by gas molecules) 5 of 17 Which colours have longer wavelengths ? Red, Orange, Yellow and Green 6 of 17 What happns once the colours are aboserbed ? They are remitted in all directions ? 7 of 17 What is this process called ? (Where light passes through gas molecules and is either passes through or is absored and reemitted) Rayleigh Scattering 8 of 17 what emits many other types of electromagnet waves ? Stars and otehr cosmic objects 9 of 17 Is visable light part of the elctromagnet specturm? Yes 10 of 17 What are satellit signals in form of ? Microwaves 11 of 17 Can microwaves pass through the atmosphere easily ? Yes. 12 of 17 Most ---- and ---- wavelengths reach the ground Visable and radio 13 of 17 What is water vapour mostly responsible for ? Abosrbing infared 14 of 17 T/F Most wavelengths never reach the ground True This is as it's absorbed by our atmosphere 15 of 17 Which types of light can ground-based telescopes observe ? Visable and radio 16 of 17 What is oxygen and the oxone responsibke for absorbing ? High frequency waves , such as ultraviolet and x-rays 17 of 17
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