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How is sunlight composed of energy that is visble to humans and energy that is not visble to humans?
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∙ 9y ago
It has different wavelengths
Ophelia Schroeder
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∙ 9y agoElectromagnetic waves have a wide range of frequencies; some of those are visible for human eyes (visible light), some are not (radio waves, infrared, ultraviolet, x-rays, ...). Our eyes are simply designed to detect only part of this range. And it so happens that the energy emitted by the Sun has a wider range - including infrared and ultraviolet light.
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∙ 6y agoUV radiation has a shorter wavelength (10 nm to 400 nm) than visible light (~390-750 nm).
Light is absorbed by matter based partly on how the wavelength corresponds to the natural vibrational frequencies of the molecules of the matter. Air is generally rather transparent to visible light but any ozone in the atmosphere absorbs a lot of UV radiation because its frequency corresponds to the vibrational frequency of the bonds in the ozone molecule. UV rays are generally better for sterilizing things than visible light because the wavelength gets absorbed by living matter and can selectively break the bonds common in bacteria and viruses. This is also the reason that UV rays can cause melanin to darken, cause sunburns, and damage the skin leading to skin cancers. Visible light is the wrong wavelength to get absorbed by these bonds and does not have this effect.
Note: there is a little bit of overlap between visible violet light and ultraviolet radiation from 390nm to 400 nm.
Note: shorter wavelength corresponds to higher frequency
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∙ 6y agoit travels at different speed through spaces
Both visible and non-visible energy from the sun are electromagnetic waves of energy. They differ in in frequency (and wavelength). The portion visible to the human eye is only a small range of frequencies surrounded by both higher and lower frequencies that are not visible to the human eye. Other animals may be able to see a narrower, wider or different frequency range that humans can not see.
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∙ 14y agothe change in the wavelength is what causes the change in color in visible light
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∙ 10y agoIt has different wavelengths
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Where is the visble light found in the electromagnetic spectrum?
Wavelenghts of visible light: 390-780 nm (after CIE).
What has wavelengths longer than visble light?
Ultra-violet, short-wave radio waves, x-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays
Is Mount Kilimanjaro visble from the moon?
Yes it would be visible using a telescope on the Moon in the same way as we look at mountains on the Moon using a telescope on Earth.
Why do some constellations such as ursa minor are visble in the sky year round other constellations appear for only part of the year?
What constellations are circumpolar (visible all year, at any time of the night) depends on your latitude. If you are (for example) at a latitude of 50° north, then any start that is 50° or less from the sky's north pole will never go below the horizon. For a more detailed explanation, read the Wikipedia article on "Circumpolar star".
The furthest objects visble in the sky are called?
In the Hubble ultra deep field image the objects are all galaxies. However the microwave background radiation is the furthest visible thing.
Plants trasform som of the electromagentic energy from the sun sunlight into?
possible answer are nuclear energy stored in sugar. chemical energy stored in sugar. visble light released by leaves. or chlorophyll stored in leaves.
What is an example of how electromagnetic energy can cause changes in matter?
Waves, light, and visble light.
Whata are the advantages of visible light?
Visble light is very useful to humans and others as it enables us to see our way around during the day.
What Alexanders visble speeh?
bith bith
Which of the suns layers releases visble light?
photosphere
What percent of elctromagnetic is visble light?
Less than 1 %
What is the arrangement of the forms of electromagnetic radiation according to their wavelengths?
visble spectrum
What waves include the waves that your eyes see as different colors?
Visble Light
During which phase is the moon only visble during the morning?
last quarter
Wave lenghts that are shorter than visble light are?
ultraviolet radiation, x-rays, gamma rays
What is the wavelength of visble light?
Visible light ranges from red at about 750 nm to violet at around 400 nm.
What is the difference between visble and invisible spectrum?
The spectrum that our eye had receptor is visible and the invisible is just purely out of our receptor range.
