Nowhere. Energy cannot disappear. It is all either reflected or absorbed.
Most radiant energy is absorbed by Earth. The rest is reflected and bounces back and forth between Earth's surface and the clouds until absorbed.
Some gets absorbed and converted into other energy forms. Most of the energy will eventually get radiated back into space.
30 of the units are reflected back to space, and the remaining 70 are absorbed by the atmosphere.
It becomes the internal energy of the object that has absorbed it
The sunlight that falls on Earth is either absorbed by the surface and transformed into heat, reflected back into space, or used by plants for photosynthesis. This energy is essential for sustaining life on Earth and driving our planet's climate and weather systems.
Go Green with the Sun is one of the good title for a project on solar energy.
Solar energy is energy radiation. If you live on earth, then your solar energy comes from the sun. It is used to power facilities, and other uses. Some environment friendly cars and motorcycles have solar panels on them. In a way, solar energy is vitamin d to us. It can be used for many things. For more info, go to Wikipedia.com, and for a definition, go to Dictionary.com.
When a sound tries to go through something hard, like a table, part of it will be reflected back and the other part will be absorbed and carried through to the other side. The amount absorbed and the amount reflected depends on the volume and frequency of the sound.
After a while, sound energy is usually absorbed, and converted to heat energy.
Light striking an object can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed. Light passing near an object can be diffracted. These are all the possible interactions.
It's not that easy figuring out how all this works. So you have to read CAREFULLY. Sunlight is made up of photons, or particles of solar energy. These photons contain various amounts of energy that go together with the various wavelengths of the solar spectrum. When photons strike a photovoltaic cell, they may be bounce back, go right through, or be absorbed. Only the absorbed photons are used for energy to generate electricity. When enough energy from the sun is absorbed by the semiconductor, electrons are dislocated from the material's atoms. Special treatment of the material surface during manufacturing makes the front surface of the cell more receptive to free electrons, so the electrons naturally move to the surface. Not as easy as you expect, is it.
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