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Basically, one of three things:
- reflection back into space
- Heating of the ground, water and atmosphere
- Absorption by plants to drive photosynthesis
Emiliano Torp
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∙ 7y agoOnce the sun's energy reaches earth, it is intercepted first by the atmosphere. A small part of the sun's energy is directly absorbed, particularly by certain gases such as ozone and water vapor. Some of the sun's energy is reflected back to space by clouds and the earth's surface.
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∙ 13y agoBasically, one of three things:
- reflection back into space
- Heating of the ground, water and atmosphere
- Absorption by plants to drive photosynthesis
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What is the intensity of insolation?
clouds, angle of instance, materials that absorb the suns energy, pollution, and objects
Why does the equator receives more of the suns energy?
The light at the equator hits the earth perpendicular to the surface to the earth. The further you are from the equator, the light comes in at an angle closer and closer to parallel. The closer to parallel the light comes in at, the more of it is reflected, so it receives less energy than the perpendicular light at the equator.
What is the history of using the suns energy?
for history please visit http://www.dbksolar.com/ It gives the history, i found it interesting myself.
What factors determine how much of the sun's energy we receive in a given area?
the distance away from the equator (further away = less of the suns energy), and also the amount of cloud and type of cloud in that location (more cloud reflects more of the suns energy away from that location).
What is the suns energy absorbed by?
Mostly anything. Plants, humans, and animals are just a few of the examples.
What absorbs suns energy?
All living things.
What happens to the energy from the suns rise that reach earth?
it goes into the inner core.
What happens when the earth's atmosphere traps energy from the sun?
The suns energy when it reaches the earth's atmosphere encounters earth's plasma and three things happens. Some of the energy is reflected , some is absorbed and the rest is transmitted to the earth.
What is a device that absorbs the Suns radiant energy?
A solar collector, solar panel
Is a device that absorbs the Suns radiant energy?
A solar collector, solar panel
What happens to the suns energy when it hits earth on a pie graph?
The pie graph gets warm when the sunlight hits it.
What happens to the suns energy that does reach earth?
Some is absorbed by the earths air water and soil. The remainder is reflected.
Does most of suns energy reach earth in light energy?
it does reach the earth in light energy.
The suns energy reaches the earth as what type of energy?
radiant
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.
Does Neptune get sun?
yes because study says that neptune realeses 2.7 of the suns energy it absorbs
On which part of the earth is the suns energy the strongest?
The tropics
