Question

A condition that occurs when warm air traps cooler air at the surface of the earth is greenhouse gases.

Answer 1

Answer:

FALSE

Explanation:

Temperature inversion usually refers to the situation where a warm air lies over a cooler air that is present from the surface of the earth up to a certain height.  

Normally, the temperature increases with increasing height. But, in the case of temperature inversion, the reverse of it takes place. This layer of inversion may occur at any place within the level of the troposphere.

This temperature inversion obstructs the atmospheric flow due to which the air mass present over a particular area become stable, resulting in a number of weather patterns.

On the other hand, greenhouse gases are those gases that can hold the incoming solar energy and radiate back into the atmosphere, thereby resulting in an increase in temperature of the atmosphere. Example, CO₂, CFC, H₂O and CH₄.

Hence, the above-given statement is false.