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What is the difference between direct radiation and deffuse radiation?
*Difuse* radiation is light that reaches the surface after being reflected and scattered by clouds or other particles in the sky. Direct is that light which has not been reflected.
What are three things that light can do when it interacts with matter?
It can be: -absorbed -reflected -refracted (scattered)
When light rays hit a rough surface and bounce back at different angles?
Light will be both absorbed and will be reflected unevenly (scattered) when impinging on a surface that is irregular. It depends on the light and the surface, but some light will be absorbed, and the rest (a little or a lot) will be scattered when it is reflected in different directions.
When light is shone on a blue surface what color is reflected?
Blue. That's why people call it a "blue surface" ... because any other color of light that hits it is absorbed, and never scattered or reflected to your eye.
What happens to the energy provided by the sun as it passes through the atmosphere in the form of radiation?
The kinds of electromagnetic radiation differ in the length of their waves, so the electromagnetic waves are absorbed, scattered, or reflected by the atmosphere and Earth's surface
What is the difference between direct radiation and deffuse radiation?
*Difuse* radiation is light that reaches the surface after being reflected and scattered by clouds or other particles in the sky. Direct is that light which has not been reflected.
What happens to solar energy when it reaches the earth is it absorbed reflected or scattered?
All three.Incoming solar radiation: 100%Reflected or scattered by the atmosphere: 6% : Absorbed by the atmosphere: 16%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 78%Reflected by clouds: 20% : Absorbed by clouds: 3%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 55%Reflected by the earth's surface: 4% : Absorbed by the earth's surface (lands and oceans): 51%
What three things that light can do when it interacts with matter?
It can be: -absorbed -reflected -refracted (scattered)
What are three things that light can do when it interacts with matter?
It can be: -absorbed -reflected -refracted (scattered)
When light rays hit a rough surface and bounce back at different angles?
Light will be both absorbed and will be reflected unevenly (scattered) when impinging on a surface that is irregular. It depends on the light and the surface, but some light will be absorbed, and the rest (a little or a lot) will be scattered when it is reflected in different directions.
What happens to visible light that enters earths atmosphere?
it is reflected or scattered due to albedo.
What type of radiation is reflected away from the earths surface?
Long-wave radiation and visible light.
What do you see when parallel rays of light it a bumpy surface you see?
You see the reflected light being scattered in different directions.
How would light behave if it was scattered absorbed reflected refracted separated and transmitted?
if we assume that you mean in that order the light would be gone once it was absorbed. (what was left of it once it was scattered anyway)
How does radiation directed at the Earth fail to reach the surface?
Some of it is reflected back into space. Some of it is absorbed by the atmosphere. Some of it is scattered by the atmosphere.
What happens when a light ray hits a surface?
They may be absorbed and converted to heat or reflected in scattered fashion.
In what form is radiant energy reflected back into space?
Energy is re-radiated by the Earth as infrared (thermal) radiation.
