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It can go out to space, or it can be trapped by various gases in the atmosphere, i.e., greenhouse gases such as CO2 and water vapor.
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What happens when radiation reaches earth's surface?
90% of radiation reaching the surface of the earth is absorbed! and 10% is reflected into space.
What happens to incoming solar radiation after it is reflected off the surface of the earth?
The wavelength is longer. Energy is re-radiated by the Earth as infrared radiation (heat).
What happens at each layer of the earth?
Conduction, Convection, Conduction,Convection, Conduction, Radiation
Which radiation is most common on earth?
Solar radiation is the most common type of radiation on earth. The earth also emits thermal radiation from its crust as a result of decaying of uranium.
Where does the earth emits radiation with greatest intensity at?
The Earth emits infrared radiation at greatest intensity
What happens to most solar radiation when it reaches the surface of Earth what happens?
Most of the solar radiation is absorbed when it reaches the surface of the earth. Some of the solar radiation is also absorbed in the atmosphere.
What happens when radiation reaches earth's surface?
90% of radiation reaching the surface of the earth is absorbed! and 10% is reflected into space.
What happens if the Earth did not have a magnetic field?
More radiation reaching the Earth's surface.
What happens to the heat rising up from earth's surface?
Radiation.
What happens to 70 percent of radiation that comes to earth?
It is absorbed.
What happens to incoming solar radiation after it is reflected off the surface of the earth?
The wavelength is longer. Energy is re-radiated by the Earth as infrared radiation (heat).
What happens to the energy from the suns rays that reach earth?
As the sun's rays heat up the earth, the radiation hits the atmosphere. Then the radiation heads back to the sun.
Why does radiation not require other particles?
Because radiation is particles.
If the ozone layer becomes thinner what happens?
Earth is exposed to the dangerous radiation of the sun.
What happens at each layer of the earth?
Conduction, Convection, Conduction,Convection, Conduction, Radiation
Only about 50 percent of the solar energy directed toward earth penetrates directly to the surface. What happens to the rest of the radiation?
some of the radiation is absorbed in the atmosphere
What happens to solar radiation from the moment it leaves the sun until it reaches the surface?
It find its way to earth
