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Q: What is the name for the effect that is produced when warm air near earth earths surface bends light rays?
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What is the name for the effect that is produced when warm air near earths surface bends light rays?

greenhouse effect


What is the name for the effect that is produces when warm is near earth's surface bends light rays?

Coriolis effect


What is warm air near Earth's surface sometimes bends light rays to cause an effect called?

The effect is called "atmospheric refraction." It occurs when light rays passing through air at different temperatures are bent, causing objects to appear shifted from their actual position. This is why stars and the Sun can appear slightly higher in the sky than they actually are when near the horizon.


What is produced when the oceanic edge bends downward?

An Ocean Trench.


What do they call it when a scuba diver comes to surface to quick?

they get the bends


What happens when you get the bends?

If you get the bends you will get bubbles in your skin that are very painful and you may die from it. You will have to go into a special chamber for a good while to get your body used to the surface.


How can light be refracted at plane surface?

when light passes throught a plane where its bends


What things can lead to the bends other than scuba diving?

Rescue from a submarine, at a depth of 1,000 feet, and being brought to the surface too quickly, can lead to the bends.


Is a concave or covect the type of mirror that resembles the inner sufrace of a spoon?

A concave surface is hollow and bends inwards.... think of it as conCAVE.... caves are hollow.A convex surface is like a bump and bends outwards... a convEX bump is on the EXterior of an object


What increases the surface area of this part of the brain?

The folds in the brain increase the surface area. It nearly triples the surface area. As we grow, more of these bends form.


Why don't trade winds blow straight toward the equater?

The Coriolis effect bends them


Why don't trade winds blow straight toward the equator?

The Coriolis effect bends them