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When earth receives energy from the sun some energy escapes back into what?
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True or false All energy on earth can be traced back to the sun?
no, because batteries are energy and that type of energy is not traced back to the sun.
What energy is radiated back from Earth's surface?
UV and infra-red rays are deflected by the earth.
Is half of the suns energy is absorbed by earths surface?
The Earth receives 174 petawatts [See Link] of incoming solar radiation (insolation) at the upper atmosphere. Approximately 30% is reflected back to space while the rest is absorbed by clouds, oceans and land masses. For a pictorial description of insolation losses [See Link]
What does greenhouse gases trap?
they absorb it and reach states of higher energy much like the earth does. later they release this energy to the surroundings which means about half of it (statisticly) would be sent back to earth
Water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back to Earth's surface again in a process known as the water cycle. Which of the following is the major form of energy driving the water cycle?
Solar energy
What are the three different things that happened to solar energy that Earth receives?
Three different things happen to the solar energy that earth receives. Some escapes back into ____________, some is absorbed by land and water ____________________.
What are three different things that happen to the solar energy that the earth receives?
Three different things happen to the solar energy that earth receives. Some escapes back into ____________, some is absorbed by land and water ____________________.
What are the cause of housing.?
The greenhouse effect is caused when energy from the sun penetrates Earth's atmosphere. Some of the light bounces back and escapes, but the rest is trapped by particles in the air, and that is how Earth's temperature is regulated.
Is the source of all energy in our atmosphere?
The source of all energy in our atmosphere is the sun.Some energy is reflected back into space, some is absorbed by the atmosphere, some is absorbed by land and water on Earth's surface (all of the above) When Earth receives energy from the Sun.
What are the causes of green house?
The greenhouse effect is caused when energy from the sun penetrates Earth's atmosphere. Some of the light bounces back and escapes, but the rest is trapped by particles in the air, and that is how Earth's temperature is regulated.
What energy that escapes from the sun and what are they back into?
This question is so poorly posed that it does not deserve an answer!
Why is earth system resemble a closed system?
The state of the Earth's climate is dependent on the amount of energy stored by the entire system, and in particular the balance between the amount of energy Earth receives from the Sun, in the form of light and ultraviolet waves, and the amount of energy the Earth releases back to space, in the form of infrared heat energy.
What is Jupiter's energy source?
yes of course it has energy as every object in the universe has massive amounts of energy stored in it so does a baseball
What type of energy enters the Earth's atmosphere from the sun?
The energy Earth receives from the Sun is often called solar energy. The rate at which this energy arrives at Earth is about 174 petawatts ( 1 petawatt = 1,000 trillion watts) at the upper atmosphere. About 30% is reflected back to space. The sun energy at the Earth's surface is mostly in the visible and near-infrared ranges with a small amount in the near-ultraviolet.
The is the source of all energy in our atmosphere.?
The source of all energy in our atmosphere is the sun.Some energy is reflected back into space, some is absorbed by the atmosphere, some is absorbed by land and water on Earth's surface (all of the above) When Earth receives energy from the Sun.
Where does the troposphere receives most of its heat energy?
It's the Sun. I'm studying this right now, it says:'Nearly all energy comes from the sun. Some of the solar radiation received by the Earth is reflected back to space by the atmosphere, clouds, and the Earth's surface. The rest is absorbed by the atmosphere and Earth and is changed into heat energy.'
Does energy leave the ecosystem in the form of heat?
If by the 'ecosystem' you mean the surface of the earth and its atmosphere, which includes all living things on earth, then yes, the only way for energy to leave is by radiation out into space. The ecosystem receives heat from the sun and from the earth's hot interior, and radiates heat back into space, thus maintaining a thermal balance over time.
