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Are small or large amounts of light reaching earth absorbed by plants?
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How do the wavelengths of electromagnetic energy absorbed by materials on Earth compare to the wavelengths radiated by materials on earth?
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What happens to light energy if it is not absorbed by producers?
The sunlight then heats the Earth.
Which statement best explains why different areas of the Earth have different amounts of heat energy?
Different parts of the Earth get different amounts of solar(heat) energy.
What converts light from the sun into thermal energy and distributes the heat using pumps and fans?
Sunlight reaching the earth along various electromagnetic wavelengths is converted to different wavelengths by refraction as it passes through or is absorbed by different materials when it reaches the Earth. Some of these different wavelengths are absorbed into materials as heat and some are reflected away producing no heat, but providing visible colors, or as invisible (to us) EM energy. Resistance always produces heat, absorption of EM energy, or reflection of that energy is a function of resistance of an object to the passage of the wave energy. The greater the resistance the more opaque the object appears, and the more energy is absorbed as heat.
Solar radiation that is not reflected is absorbed by what?
Solar radiation that is not reflected is absorbed by clouds, the atmosphere and the surface of the earth.Incoming solar radiation: 100%Reflected by the atmosphere: 6% : Absorbed by the atmosphere: 16%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 78%Reflected by clouds: 20% : Absorbed by clouds: 3%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 55%Reflected by the earth's surface: 4% : Absorbed by the earth's surface (lands and oceans): 51%Source: (NASA)
What part of the solar energy reaching the earth is absorbrd by plants and trapped by chlorophyll?
They are the blue and red frequencies of visible light. Green is not absorbed much
Most of the solar energy reaching planet Earth and its atmosphere is absorbed by what?
earths surface
What happens when radiation reaches earth's surface?
90% of radiation reaching the surface of the earth is absorbed! and 10% is reflected into space.
The solar radiation least absorbed by the layers of the atmosphere before reaching Earth is?
visible light
Is energy absorbed or reflected by earth?
The solar energy that reaches the Earth is called insolation.Of the incoming solar radiation 16% is absorbed by the earth's atmosphere, 3%is absorbed by clouds and 51%is absorbed by the earth's surface, making a total of 70%.
How do plants get nutrients from animals?
When the animal dies, it decaysand the nutrients from its body go back into the earth where they are absorbed by plants.
What are three things that can happen to the precipitation that falls to the Earth?
It can puddle, get absorbed into the earth as groundwater, get used by plants, or runoff.
How carbon cycles in earth systems?
Carbon cycles in earth\'s system when it is excreted by animals, and then absorbed by plants.
What percent of radiation is lost before reaching Earth suface?
25% is absorbed by clouds.25% is reflected by clouds.So 50% of the sun's radiation is lost before it reaches earth's surface.See the diagram link below.
What percent of radiation is lost after reaching earth. Surface?
25% is absorbed by clouds and atmosphere.25% is reflected by clouds.45% is absorbed by the earth's surface.5% is reflected by ice and snow on the earth's surface.So 5% is "lost", that is, reflected back into space.See the diagram link below.
Why is only 50 percent of the solar energy that reaches the outer atmosphere absorbed by Earths surface?
The Earth looks bright - thus much of the light reaching Earth is reflected back into space.
Where does the other energy go when the energy reaching earth is absorbed and convented to chemical energy by the process of photosynthesis?
chlorophyll. nelson science textbook grade 9
