The greenhouse effect is very pronounced on Venus but doesn’t exist on Mercury. Why?
The reason behind the greenhouse effect that it does not exist on Mercury, whereas it is present on Venus.
Answer to Problem 4TE
The small size of mercury and its high temperature does not allow it to hold any atmosphere.
Explanation of Solution
Mercury is a very small and tiny planet as compared to Venus and even it is hot to withstand any atmosphere. The atmosphere of Venus consists of carbon dioxide, which is also known as a greenhouse gas. This atmosphere makes a strong greenhouse effect on Venus.
Venus has a very harsh atmosphere and it keeps consistency in maintaining the hot temperature. The reason is also that it continuously inject the heat whereas mercury doesn’t have something like an atmosphere, so it gets hot in the day but spontaneously cools and get cold at night.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the small size of mercury and its high temperature does not allow it to hold any atmosphere.
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