Question

REVIEW B

(DIRECTION:) Explain why you feel warm when you enter a car that was under the heat of the sun for a long time. Write the answer on the blanks. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

Cars warm up in the sun due to the greenhouse effect: Sunlight passing through the windows into the car is mostly absorbed by interior surfaces, then radiated back to the air as heat.

Answer 2

The sun basically emits energy mostly in the form of shortwave radiation, which does go through a car window. the radiation is absorbed by surfaces inside the car such as the dash and steering wheel, the heat can't escape