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What is the term given to the sun's energy that reaches the earth?
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Insolation, or solar radiation.
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What form does suns energy have when it reaches earth?
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.
What suns energy which supports life is transmitted to Earth in the form of?
waves
What are two things that can happen to the suns rays when they enter the earth?
The two main things that happen to solar radiation that reaches earth is absorption and reflection. This happens because of the different objects on earth.
Can a planet shine by its own?
An object requires a source of energy to shine. The Earth does not. Pictures of the Earth are always taken with the reflection of the Suns energy - similar to how you see the Moon.
Are the Earth's radiation wave larger than the suns?
Yes, they are longer. Longer wavelengths are lower energy.
The amount of the suns energy that reaches earth at a given time and place is?
Insolation
The suns energy reaches the earth as what type of energy?
radiant
What form does suns energy have when it reaches earth?
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.
How much of the suns energy reaches the earth's surface?
its about just 1%
About 50 percent of the suns energy that reaches earth is what by land and what which becomes heated?
yes
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 happens to the Suns when energy reaches Earth?
It feeds the plants which gos in the food cycle and gos to the animal's then to us people and food chain!
What are the steps the suns energy goes thourgh the reach earth?
In order to get to Earth (through a vacuum) it must be converted into radiation. Note that some energy reaches Earth as the "solar wind - mostly charged particles. This is a very small percentage.
Does most of suns energy reach earth in light energy?
it does reach the earth in light energy.
What happens to almost half of the suns energy that reaches the earth?
i think instead of energy,u meant light.if that's the case,most of it is lost and some is absorbed the suspended particulate matter.
What percentage of the suns energy that reaches the earth is absorbed by earth surface?
About 50 percent of the Sun's incoming energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface. In addition, about 9 percent is reflected.About 22 percent of the Sun's incoming energy is reflected by clouds and the atmosphere.About 19 percent of the Sun's incoming energy is absorbed by clouds and the atmosphere.
On which part of the earth is the suns energy the strongest?
The tropics
