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what happens to the interior temperature of a car in the sun with its windows up compared to the outside air temperature? it gets much hotter than the outside air. it maintains the same temperature. it gets slightly cooler than outside air. it gets much cooler than the outside air.
The car acts like a greenhouse. Sunlight enters through the windows, heats the interior surfaces, and the heat is trapped inside as the windows block the escape of infrared - radiation (heat). So the interior gets much hotter than the outside air.
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It gets much hotter than the outside air.