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What is the way the suns energy is absorbed by the earths surface and warms the earth?
the answer is conduction
What percentage of the suns energy that reaches the earth is absorbed by earth surface?
About 50 percent of the Sun's incoming energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface. In addition, about 9 percent is reflected.About 22 percent of the Sun's incoming energy is reflected by clouds and the atmosphere.About 19 percent of the Sun's incoming energy is absorbed by clouds and the atmosphere.
Is half of the suns energy is absorbed by earths surface?
The Earth receives 174 petawatts [See Link] of incoming solar radiation (insolation) at the upper atmosphere. Approximately 30% is reflected back to space while the rest is absorbed by clouds, oceans and land masses. For a pictorial description of insolation losses [See Link]
What creates earths motion?
the suns gravity pull creates the earths movement as well as the other planets
What happens when the earth's atmosphere traps energy from the sun?
The suns energy when it reaches the earth's atmosphere encounters earth's plasma and three things happens. Some of the energy is reflected , some is absorbed and the rest is transmitted to the earth.
When the suns rays strike the earths surface energy is absorbed or reflected?
absorbed
What is the way the suns energy is absorbed by the earths surface and warms the earth?
the answer is conduction
What happens to the suns energy that does reach earth?
Some is absorbed by the earths air water and soil. The remainder is reflected.
Is the suns energy completely absorbed by the atmosphere?
No it is not.
Do the suns rays get reflected or absorbed by energy?
Neither, they ARE energy.
Sun's energy is absorbed by what?
the suns energy is absorbed by the leaf to make food. this is called photosynthesis :)
What happens to the Suns energy when it reaches the earths surface?
What happens to Solar Energy is that some of it gets absorbed into air, land and water while the rest gets reflected back to space.
How does the Suns energy affect earths atmosphere?
Heat!!
When the suns rays strike earth's surface energy is?
Absorbed
How much of suns energy is absorbed or reflected by clouds?
45%
Out of every 100 units of the suns radiation how many units are absorbed by Earths surface?
51
What is the suns energy absorbed by?
Mostly anything. Plants, humans, and animals are just a few of the examples.
