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Is the amount of sunshine hitting earth decreased by the amount of smog in the air?
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What is sunshine-?
Sunshine is the light that comes to the earth from the sun, the massive star in the center of our solar system around which the earth revolves. The ultra violet light in sunshine is needed for plant and animal life on earth to continue.
How does the amount of daylight change through the year?
The Earth tilts on its axis and it orbits the sun. in the summer, the sun is hitting your side of the planet and in the winter its hitting the other side.
Why does the moon look different from week to week?
Because as the moon is moving around the earth the earth is moving around the sun, meaning each week a different amount of light is hitting the moon because of the position of the sun and moon to earth
As the moon moves around the earth what does an observer on earth see?
He sees the phases of the moon. A varying amount of the sunlit surface is visible as the moon goes through its phases, having increased or decreased illumination with a curved boundary.
If flowers grow in sunshine why is it dark?
Because the Earth rotates.
Why the temperatures vary from mornings to afternoons?
tilt of the earth, rotating earth amount of sunlight hitting the earth
How does geographic position effect temperature?
The amount of sunlight hitting the earth.
Do all areas of the earth average the same amount of sun?
In terms of the simple visibility of the sun in the sky, yes. In terms of the amount of energy from the sun hitting the earth, no.
How much has earth magnetic field decreased?
There is no evidence that it has decreased.
What is sunshine-?
Sunshine is the light that comes to the earth from the sun, the massive star in the center of our solar system around which the earth revolves. The ultra violet light in sunshine is needed for plant and animal life on earth to continue.
How does the amount of sun hitting the earth changed during the year?
It's slightly less in July, when the earth is farthest from the sun, and slightly more in January, when the earth is closest to the sun. But these differences are very small.
Does the amount of energy on Earth stay the same?
there is power hitting the face of the earth from the sun and universe emissions. and there is radiated power from the core and surface leaving earth. but if you do not look at those, it can be said that the amount of energy on this earth remains the same all the way down to the last thousandth of a joule (or deeper).
How does the amount of daylight change through the year?
The Earth tilts on its axis and it orbits the sun. in the summer, the sun is hitting your side of the planet and in the winter its hitting the other side.
When an object from earth lands on the moon has its weight decreased or stayed the same?
Its weight has decreased to 1/6 of what is was on Earth, but its mass is still the same.
Is eclipse a planet?
No. An eclipse is a shadow. A solar eclipse is the shadow of the Moon hitting the Earth, and a lunar eclipse is the shadow of the Earth hitting the Moon.
Why does the moon look different from week to week?
Because as the moon is moving around the earth the earth is moving around the sun, meaning each week a different amount of light is hitting the moon because of the position of the sun and moon to earth
As the moon moves around the earth what does an observer on earth see?
He sees the phases of the moon. A varying amount of the sunlit surface is visible as the moon goes through its phases, having increased or decreased illumination with a curved boundary.
