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Is the suns energy completely absorbed by the atmosphere?
No it is not.
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.
What percentage of the suns radiation is reflected by the clouds?
5%
What is the sun's energy made up of?
the suns energy comes from a hydrogen particle smashing in to another hydrogen particle and creates helium, however during this proses it causes heat and light energy and that is what the suns energy is made of
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.
How much of suns energy is absorbed or reflected by clouds?
45%
What percent of the suns heat can clouds absorb on cloudy days?
About 6% of the shortwave energy that comes from the sun is actually absorbed by clouds on a cloudy day.
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 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 :)
How much of the suns rays get absorbed into our atmosphere?
About 17% of the suns rays get absorbed into our atmosphere
When the suns rays strike the earths surface energy is absorbed or reflected?
absorbed
What percent of the suns heat can can clouds absorb on a cloudy day?
About 6% of the shortwave energy that comes from the sun is actually absorbed by clouds on a cloudy day.
When the suns rays strike earth's surface energy is?
Absorbed
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
What happens to the suns energy when it hits clouds ice and snow?
It reflects
