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Are all of the solar energy intercepted by the earth arrive as oblique rays?
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What happens to the suns energy that earth absorbs?
Basically, one of three things: - reflection back into space - Heating of the ground, water and atmosphere - Absorption by plants to drive photosynthesis
What are the seismic waves of the Earth's crust?
Rock under stress breaks at the focus, releasing energy and vibrations called seismic waves, which travel away from the focus, through Earth's interior, and across the surface. The three types of seismic waves are: Primary waves: The first to arrive at seismographs Secondary waves: The second to arrive at seismographs Surface waves: The last and most severe to arrive at seismographs
Energy which is a result of an object's height above the earth is?
Energy which is a result of an object's height above the earth is potential energy.
How do visible light and infrared energy warm earth?
The Earth and atmosphere absorb the visible and infrared energy and this warms the earth.
What eventually happens to all the energy earth's gets?
All the energy on Earth comes from the Sun. All the energy that Earth uses is either stored as "potential energy" or radiated away as heat.
All of the solar energy intercepted by the earth arrives as oblique rays?
Oblique.
What fraction of this solar energy is intercepted by Earth?
47%
Is the amount of solar energy intercepted by earth affected by the presence of clouds in the sky?
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What happens to the solar winds that reach the Earth?
They are intercepted by Earth's magnetic field.
How are oblique rays different from vertical rays?
Obviously the angle of incidence is different. The oblique rays spread their energy over a larger area of the surface than vertical (also called perpendicular or normal rays)
What is the different between oblique rays and vertical rays?
Either the answer will be that they contain more solar energy, it strike's the earth at an angle greater than 90 degrees, or it could be that they spread energy over a larger surface area.
How much of the our suns energy is actually absorbed by the surface of the earth?
The Sun's total energy crosses a sphere with a radius of 149.6 million km at the distance of the Earth, and the area of that sphere is 2.812E17 square kilometres. From that the Earth intercepts a circular area with a radius of 6178 km, with an area of 1.2E8 square km. So the maximum possible proportion of the Sun's energy intercepted by the Earth is 1.2E8 / 2.18E17 which is 5.5E-10 or .000000055%.
What is intercepted solar?
intercepted solar or intercepted insolation are part of the sun rays or power that was prevented to reaching solar panel on earth surface, a) dust b) humidity c) cloud d) rain. these factors either disperse or absorb the solar insolation thereby intercepting it reaching the earth surface or the panel.
How scientist were able to arrive at distinct layer of the earth?
scientist were able to arrive at the distinct layer of the earth
How are scientist were able to arrive at the district layers of the earth?
how scientist were able to arrive to the district layer of the earth
How does the angle of the sun hitting the earth affect the temperature of the earth?
Sunlight is at its strongest when it is at a perpendicular angle; at oblique angles it is weaker.
The rays of solar energy striking the earth that distribute the greatest amount of energy over the smallest area are what type of rays?
I think that the word you want is perpendicular rays, the rays of sunlight hitting the Earth when the Sun is directly overhead. This point is always within the tropics.
