Some solar radiation is reflected back into space and some is absorbed.
(Source: NASA)
-- Some of it misses completely, and just keeps going.
-- Some of it reflects off of the atmosphere and/or the ground and/or the oceans,
and bounces back into space from whence it came.
-- The rest of it stays on the surface or is absorbed into the surface and everything on it,
to warm and illuminate our environment, and enhance plant and animal life.
It feeds the plants which gos in the food cycle and gos to the animal's then to us people and food chain!
About 35% of the Sun's energy that hits the Earth is reflected away, back into space. The rest is absorbed, usually as heat.
The Sun's energy is given out mainly as "electromagnetic radiation". Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Heat is the main form the Sun's energy has when it reaches Earth, particularly the Earth's surface.
The primary thing that happens when heat energy from the sun is absorbed by the earth is that its own temperature rises. The atmosphere traps in much of this heat which creates the warm climates of the planet.
The sunlight is partially absorbed by materials on Earth; when that happens, the energy in the sunlight is converted into heat energy.
Solar energy reaches the earth by two means, Electricity and Gravity.
Energy from the sun travels to the earth's surface is brought here by electromagnetic radiation. Once the radiation reaches the planet, most of it is converted to heat.
The Sun's energy is given out mainly as "electromagnetic radiation". Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Heat is the main form the Sun's energy has when it reaches Earth, particularly the Earth's surface.
No never as mechanical energy. It reaches mainly as light and heat
Heat!!!!!! While the sun does produce a lot of heat, none of it reaches Earth. What reaches Earth is electromagnetic energy (light). Some of this light is converted to heat here on Earth, such as some of the light that hits your skin.
Energy from the sun travels to the earth's surface is brought here by electromagnetic radiation. Once the radiation reaches the planet, most of it is converted to heat.
The energy of the sun is produced by the process of nuclear fusion, and a portion of this energy reaches the Earth in the form of sunlight, which heats the Earth.
The primary thing that happens when heat energy from the sun is absorbed by the earth is that its own temperature rises. The atmosphere traps in much of this heat which creates the warm climates of the planet.
Energy from the Sun reaches Earth as radiation from various parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Some of this energy . Some of this energy is converted to heat. Some remains as visible light.
The sunlight is partially absorbed by materials on Earth; when that happens, the energy in the sunlight is converted into heat energy.
Solar energy reaches the earth by two means, Electricity and Gravity.
Energy from the sun travels to the earth's surface is brought here by electromagnetic radiation. Once the radiation reaches the planet, most of it is converted to heat.
Heat from the earth's interior reaches the surface through a combination of convection and conduction.
Most of the light's energy gets converted into heat.