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Certain gases like water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide return heat to the Earth. Fortunately, too, as this action keeps us from being frozen solid. The majority of heat, though, is reflected out into space.
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What do stars produce through fusion?
Energy, in the form of heat which is radiated from the sun's surface, together with visible and ultra violet light
What percentage of the solar energy the reaches the outer atmosphere is absorbed at the earths surface?
50%
How much energy is radiated by the sun on 1 meter square of the earth surface in Canada?
In the uk, approximately 1000 Watts per square metre
Which type of light energy found in solar radation is most likely to reach the earths surface?
visible light
Why are the supergiant stars so bright even though they are not very hot?
A relatively low surface temperature means that reg giants radiate relatively little energy per area unit, but since they have a very large surface area, the total amount of energy radiated is enormous.
What absorbs most of the energy that is radiated from the earth surface?
Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases absorb most of the energy that is radiated from Earth's surface.
What absorbed the most energy that is radiated from earths surface?
the greenhouse
What absorbs most of energy that is radiated from earth surface?
Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases absorb most of the energy that is radiated from Earth's surface.
Which form of electromagnetic energy is radiated from the earths surface with the greatest intensity?
infared
What absorbs energy that is radiation from earths surface?
the greenhouse effect!
Is it true when heated Earths surface radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as infrared radiation?
Yes, of course. Basically, all the energy (or almost all of it) that the Earth absorbs from the Sun must be radiated back into space at some moment.
The Earth's surface absorbs more radiant energy from the sun than the atmosphere?
yes the earths surface absorbs more radiant energy from the sun than the atmosphere GOOD LUCK :)
What energy is radiated by Earths oceans into space?
biochemical raditaion
What percentage of the energy radiated by the the sun reaches the earths surface?
The energy is radiated equally in all directions into a sphere with a radius of 150 million kilometres, which has a surface area. On that sphere sits the Earth with a radius of 6378 kilometres, which has a circular cross-section area which intercepts part of the total energy. The ratio of the two areas answers the question.
What asorbs the energy that is radiated from Earth's surface?
Nothing on a clear night.
How do water and land surfaces differ in their abilities to absorb and radiated heat energy?
Land absorbs more heat energy than water does.
Energy radiated from the surface of the sun visible during a solar eclipse appears in the?
corona?
