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What absorbs most of the energy that is radiated from the earth surface?
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Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases absorb most of the energy that is radiated from Earth's surface.
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What absorbs most of energy that is radiated from earth surface?
Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases absorb most of the energy that is radiated from Earth's surface.
What asorbs the energy that is radiated from Earth's surface?
Nothing on a clear night.
What energy is radiated back from Earth's surface?
UV and infra-red rays are deflected by the earth.
Is it true when heated Earths surface radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as infrared radiation?
Yes, of course. Basically, all the energy (or almost all of it) that the Earth absorbs from the Sun must be radiated back into space at some moment.
What is the process called when gas in the air hold energy that is radiated from earth's surface?
The Greenhouse Effect.
The Earth's surface absorbs more radiant energy from the sun than the atmosphere?
yes the earths surface absorbs more radiant energy from the sun than the atmosphere GOOD LUCK :)
What happens to most of the energy when earth surface absorbs light?
Most of the light's energy gets converted into heat.
What happens to incoming solar radiation after it is reflected off the surface of the earth?
The wavelength is longer. Energy is re-radiated by the Earth as infrared radiation (heat).
What absorbs the energy that is radiated from earths surface?
Certain gases like water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide return heat to the Earth. Fortunately, too, as this action keeps us from being frozen solid. The majority of heat, though, is reflected out into space.
What percentage of the energy radiated by the sun reaches earthes surface?
Of the Sun's energy reaching Earth's atmosphere, just under 60% reaches the Earth's surface. Only a small fraction of the Sun's energy reaches Earth, of course. In fact it's only about 0.000000045 percent. So, the answer to the question is: about 0.000000025 percent.
What percentage of the energy radiated by the the sun reaches the earths surface?
The energy is radiated equally in all directions into a sphere with a radius of 150 million kilometres, which has a surface area. On that sphere sits the Earth with a radius of 6378 kilometres, which has a circular cross-section area which intercepts part of the total energy. The ratio of the two areas answers the question.
Is solar energy radiated?
Yes, among other ways, solar energy is radiated. That is what heats up the Earth and the other planets, mostly.
