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. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
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.
