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Three ways solar energy is lost before reaching the earth's surface?
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What percentage of the solar energy the reaches the outer atmosphere is absorbed at the earths surface?
50%
Which type of light energy found in solar radation is most likely to reach the earths surface?
visible light
What factors could affect the amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface and decrease the flux of solar energy?
same question
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.
Would more of the sun's energy reach a particular part of earths surface on a sunny day or on a cloudy day and why?
It would probably reach an area where it is sunny when the other area is cloudy
Most of the solar energy reaching planet Earth and its atmosphere is absorbed by what?
earths surface
Why do different parts of Earths surface receive different amounts of energy from the sun?
The higher the latitude the greater the thickness of atmosphere through which the sun's radiation has to pass, hence the lese energy reaching 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."
How does energy from earths interior cause changes to earths surface?
due to volcanics effects and movement of earth which affect the earth surface
Why is only 50 percent of the solar energy that reaches the outer atmosphere absorbed by Earths surface?
The Earth looks bright - thus much of the light reaching Earth is reflected back into space.
What do you call the energy from beneath the earths surface?
It is called geothermal energy.
When the Sun's rays strike earths surface energy is what?
Absorbed
Where energy on earths surface comes from?
The sun & the Earth's core.
What absorbs energy that is radiation from earths surface?
the greenhouse effect!
What absorbed the most energy that is radiated from earths surface?
the greenhouse
What is the point on earths surface where an earthquake energy is received?
epicenter
Why are carbon dioxide water vapor and other greenhouse gases important to life on Earths surface?
They absorb radiant energy emitted by Earths surface
