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What are eight characteristics on which the amount of energy that is absorbed by earths surface depends?
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Color, texture, composition, volume, mass, state of matter, transparency, and specific heat of the material on which the solar radiation falls.
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If clouds absorb only a small amount of solar radiation how is Earth's atmosphere heated?
From the surface. Solar radiation is absorbed by the surface and emitted at a longer wavelength, which is essentially heat.
How does the folded membrane absorb the maximum amount of food needed?
A folded membrane increases the surface area available for absorption. More surface area allows for more sites for passive transport.
What does the amount of energy in the atmosphere depend on?
the amount of energy absorbed by the sun and the amount of energy that escapes the earths atmosphere.
What is the amount that must be absorbed to start a reaction?
That is referred to as the activation energy.
If heat is produced by a chemical system?
An equal amount of heat will be absorbed by the surroundings.
Is the amount of heat raditation absorbed by a surface depends only on its colour?
No !
What effects infiltration?
Infiltration capacity or amount of infiltration depends on : - Soil type - Surface of entry - Fluid characteristics.
Does the amount if heat radiation absorbed by a surface depend only on its colour?
no
What does the temperature of a surface tell you?
It tells you the amount of the sun's heat energy that has been absorbed.
What change would cause a decrease in the amount of isolation absorbed at Earth surface?
increased dust in the atmosphere
When carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, the amount of energy absorbed by Earth’s surface should?
Decrease
What is the amount of surface a shape has?
Surface area of a shape depends on what shape you have in mind.
When placed in direct sunlight which object will absorb the most visible light?
Darker objects will absorb more light - especially black objects.Of course, the amount of sunlight absorbed also depends on the exposed surface area.
What does reflective mean?
The term reflection refers to the portion of a wave that is not absorbed by a surface, but is returned from it. When a wave impinges on a surface, some of it will absorbed, and some will "bounce off" the surface. The "bouncing off" is reflection, and the amount that is reflected or absorbed will depend on what the wave is and what kind of surface it encounters, as you might expect. Let's look at just a couple of examples. Sunlight that impinges on polished aluminum is almost all reflected and only a few percent is absorbed. If that sunlight hits a black surface, most of it will be absorbed and little will be reflected.
If clouds absorb only a small amount of solar radiation how is Earth's atmosphere heated?
From the surface. Solar radiation is absorbed by the surface and emitted at a longer wavelength, which is essentially heat.
Which change would cause a decrease in the amount of insolation absorbed at Earths surface?
hmm. maybe you should pay attentin in school(:
What happens when white light is shone into a mirror?
It reflects back and a small amount is absorbed into its reflective surface.
