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Why is some of the sun's rays reflected back and some converted into heat?
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What happens when rays of light hits a bumpy surface?
They may be absorbed and converted to heat or reflected in scattered fashion.
What is true of the angle of light ray s coming into an object and the angle of light rays reflected off an object?
Reflected rays are equal to the angle of incoming rays.
What type of light rays are there?
From highest to lowest: Gamma, X-ray, Infrared (heat), Visible (Red, Yellow, Green, Blue), Ultraviolet, Radio. Radio waves are not sound waves but are the light rays that sound is converted into before being sent to your radio and your radio converts these light rays back into sound.
What is a copy of an object formed by reflected or refracted rays of light?
An image is a copy of an object fromed by reflected (or refracted) rays of light.
How do infrared rays give heat?
Infra-red ray's do not give heat merely when they come into contact with something the infra-red (light) energy is converted into thermal energy
What happens when rays of light hits a bumpy surface?
They may be absorbed and converted to heat or reflected in scattered fashion.
What happens to the energy from the sun's rays when it hits the earth?
Part of the energy is reflected back into space, part is absorbed. Most of the absorbed energy is converted to heat, but some can be converted into other kinds of energy, for example, into chemical energy in plant leaves.
Is heat tranferred to human body during x ray?
Yes. X-rays have energy, and any x-rays absorbed by the human body would be converted to heat. Or most of that energy would be converted to heat, at any rate.
Help you with a brief description the Archimedes heat ray?
it reflected the sun's rays and burned ships
What happens after the suns rays hit the earth?
They are either reflected, some hitting clouds others caught by particles in the atmosphere or continue on back in to space - or they are absorbed as heat energy
Why are image reflected from a rough surface not as clear as those reflected from a smooth surface?
Some light that falls on any surface is scattered back (reflected). A rough surface tends to scatter the light in different directions while a smooth surface tends to scatter more of the original (incident) rays straight back. This explains why a smooth surface reflects a "clearer" image than that reflected from a rough surface.
In which type of rays is heat radiation back into the atmosphere by the earth?
infrared rays
What rays can be reflected on a mirror?
light rays
What is true of an angle of light rays coming into an object and the angle of light rays reflected off an object?
Reflected rays are equal to the angle of incoming rays.
Ultraviolet rays from the sun are reglected back into space by this special layer in the atmosphere?
They are not reflected back. They are absorbed.
How are direct rays different from indirect rays?
direct rays are from the sun and indirect rays are from something else, like it was reflected or something(ex:the moon. It bounces the sun's rays) AKT♥
Why is the sun's radiation reflected back into space?
its because of the ozone layer turning the suns rays into longwaves and sending them back into space
