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The answer depends on what type of radiation and how much. Small amounts of infra-red radiation will make you feel warm, large amounts will burn you. Visible light has little effect. Small amounts of some ultra violet radiation will help you synthesise vitamin D and also give you a tan. Large amounts will cause sun burn and is likely to lead to skin melanomas and cancers. Absorbing more powerful radiation - such as gamma waves - is much more likely to cause cancers and lead to genetic mutations.
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What does it mean for a molecule to be transparent to radiation?
It means that the molecule will allow the radiation to pass through it without absorbing it.
How would radiation kill us?
Radiation damages the cells in your body, which affects organ function.
How was radiation affects television?
It are reducify itz overall happyness.
What is the difference between Radiation and Absorption?
What do you feel when the sun light (radiation of visible wavelenght) hits your head, you feel hot right? Well, you are absorbing the radiation (energy) causing the molecules that you are made to vibrate at higher amplitude due the energy they absorbed causing you to hit up. I could use quantum mechanics to explain your question, but for now this should suffice. Naod
Why is lead used in shielding gamma rays?
Because lead is a heavy element with a large atomic nucleus, it is effective at absorbing radiation; in addition, it's quite affordable (as compared to using gold, for example, which is also a heavy element).
Is responsible for absorbing the most uv radiation?
It Is Not The Atmosphsere. :) ;(
What does it mean for a molecule to be transparent to radiation?
It means that the molecule will allow the radiation to pass through it without absorbing it.
What is responsible for absorbing the largest portion of incoming solar radiation?
Oxygen and ozone
Ozone molecules protect Earth from the harmful effects of the sun by?
absorbing ultraviolet radiation
Ozone molecules protect the earth from harmful effects of the sun by?
absorbing ultraviolet radiation
Ozone molecules protect Earth from the harmful effects of the sun by -?
absorbing ultraviolet radiation
What is the definition of lambda max for a particle absorbing in the uv region?
The same as for any particle absorbing electromagnetic radiation: the wavelength at which the largest amount of absorption occurs.
How does the ozone layer change the amount of incoming solar radiation?
The ozone layer reduces incoming solar radiation by absorbing ultraviolet light.
What is it being When 100 percent of radiation bounces off of an object?
The radiation is being totally reflected.The object is absorbing momentum from the radiation, and is experiencinga force ... being 'pushed' ... in the direction that the radiation was travelingbefore the bounce.I'm not making that up.
How would radiation kill us?
Radiation damages the cells in your body, which affects organ function.
What property of dark surfaces enable them to absorb heat radiation?
"dark" implies that the object does not reflect light very well - thus it must be absorbing radiation.
The heating of the lower layer of the atmosphere from radiation absorbed by certain heat-absorbing gases is called?
The heating of the lower layer of the atmosphere from radiation absorbed by certain heat-absorbing gases is called the greenhouse effect. Water vapor and carbon dioxide are the two most important heat absorbing gases in the lower atmosphere.
