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The Earth receives about .00000005% of the Sun's energy (but only absorbs about 70% of what it receives), which ends up being about 174 petawatts.
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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 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.
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.
Where does the energy we from many of our natural resources ultimately come from?
It comes from the suns energy
What happens after the suns rays hit the earth?
They are either reflected, some hitting clouds others caught by particles in the atmosphere or continue on back in to space - or they are absorbed as heat energy
How much of the suns energy is actually received here on earth?
~.08
How much of the suns energy reaches the earth's surface?
its about just 1%
Can the equator receive more of the suns energy?
yes
Does most of suns energy reach earth in light energy?
it does reach the earth in light energy.
The suns energy reaches the earth as what type of energy?
radiant
On which part of the earth is the suns energy the strongest?
The tropics
Where is the suns energy less entense on earth?
At the poles.
What factors determine how much of the sun's energy we receive in a given area?
the distance away from the equator (further away = less of the suns energy), and also the amount of cloud and type of cloud in that location (more cloud reflects more of the suns energy away from that location).
When the suns rays strike earth's surface energy is?
Absorbed
Primary source of the suns energy is?
The primary source of the suns energy is nuclear fusion of hydrogen. Nuclear fusion occurs in the core of the Earth.
Are solar energy good?
Yes because we use the suns energy and not polluting the earth.
What would happen if the layers of gas around the earth absorbed all the suns energy?
If layers of gas around the earth absorbed all of the suns energy, the climate would generally be much cooler. If the gasses trapped the sunlight prior to exposure, the energy of the sun would never penetrate to the ground surface.
