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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
When absorbed light energy is released by matter it is called what?
Example for light energy is absorbed or released, Heat is released and absorbed, electrical energy absorbed or released...
Is more energy from the sun absorbed or reflected by Earth's surface?
Absorbed
What happens to solar energy as it enters earths atmosphere?
it gets absorbed by the ground
When Earths surface is heated it radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as?
When Earths surface is heated it radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as "Infrared Radiation."
When the suns rays strike the earths surface energy is absorbed or reflected?
absorbed
What absorbed the most energy that is radiated from earths surface?
the greenhouse
When the Sun's rays strike earths surface energy is what?
Absorbed
What happens to the energy from the sun that is absorbed. by earths surface?
Energy from the sun that is absorbed by the Earth's surface is reflected back into the atmosphere or absorbed by land and water and transformed into heat.
Why are carbon dioxide water vapor and other greenhouse gases important to life on Earths surface?
They absorb radiant energy emitted by Earths surface
What is the way the suns energy is absorbed by the earths surface and warms the earth?
the answer is conduction
What is the way the sun's energy is absorbed by the earths surface and warms the earth?
the answer is conduction
What percentage of the solar energy the reaches the outer atmosphere is absorbed at the earths surface?
50%
Most of the solar energy reaching planet Earth and its atmosphere is absorbed by what?
earths surface
When earths surface is heated it radiates most of the energy back into the atmosphere as ultraviolet radiation?
Not as ultraviolet; the radiation is emitted as infrared radiation.
What happens to beta alpha and gamma radiation after they are emitted?
they are absorbed, depositing their energy in whatever absorbed them.
What does the electron produce when they change energy levels?
a photon is emitted or absorbed
