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The temperature of the sun stays constant. At night, you are facing away from the sun, and the Earth is beyween you and the sun.

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Why are there different temperature difference between day and night?

The sun provides warmth during the day, while the temperature drops during the night when the sun is gone.


Do sunset in the day or night?

Sunset occurs during the transition from day to night. It is the time when the sun goes below the horizon, leading to a decrease in light and the beginning of twilight.


How hot is the sun at day how hot is the sun at night?

During the day, the surface of the sun can reach temperatures of around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. At nighttime, the sun's temperature doesn't suddenly drop; it remains incredibly hot due to its internal nuclear reactions, with temperatures over 9,900 degrees Fahrenheit on average.


Why does the temperature drop when the sun rises?

The temperature typically drops when the sun rises because during the night, heat radiates out into space causing the surroundings to cool down. Once the sun rises, it begins to warm up the Earth's surface and the surrounding air, leading to an increase in temperature.


Why does it get cooler at night time?

It gets cooler at night because the Earth's surface loses heat absorbed from the sun during the day through a process called radiation. As the sun sets, this heat dissipates into the atmosphere, leading to a drop in temperature. Additionally, the absence of solar radiation allows for cooler air to settle near the surface, contributing to the overall decrease in nighttime temperatures. This cooling effect can be influenced by factors such as humidity, wind, and cloud cover.

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Why does the surface temperature of Earth usually decrease at night after the sun sets?

The surface temperature of Earth usually decreases at night after the sun sets because there is no sunlight to provide warmth through radiation, causing the Earth's surface to lose heat to the atmosphere.


What could decrease Earth's temperature?

Lower solar input & higher infrared radiation at night could decrease Earth's temperature.


Why are there different temperature difference between day and night?

The sun provides warmth during the day, while the temperature drops during the night when the sun is gone.


Why does dew form?

temperature goes down at night and as temperature decrease the air can hold less water vapor/moisture


What happens to temperature as the angle at which the sun's rays strike the earths surface decreases?

Usually, as the angle of incidence of the sun's rays decrease (i.e. when the sun is nearer to the horizon than to the zenith) the temperature decreases.


What would cause a decrease in the Earth's surface temperature?

In the winter, our part of the Earth tilts away from the sun, and another tilts towards it, that is why we have winter when, say, Australia has summer. As the Earth moves around the sun, its tilt is adjusted to the sun depending on where we are. (The distance of the Earth to the sun is also a factor.


Why does the temperature in the thermocline decrease with depth?

The sun can't reach the thermocline layer to heat that depth of water


Why is it usually cooler at night?

At night, the Sun's electromagnetic radiation does not reach the dark side of Earth. Therefore the atmosphere on Earth's night side emits more energy into space than it absorbs, so the air temperature increases. this is because of fronts


When does the temperature cool down?

The temperature cools down in the evening and at night when the sun sets and there is less direct sunlight.


Why does the temperature in the thermocline decrease quickly in depth?

The sun can't reach the thermocline layer to heat that depth of water


What causes temperature difference between daytime and night time?

The sun warms the surface of the earth during the day. At night, especially a clear night, that heat rises from the earth into the atmosphere, lowering the temperature.


How hot is the sun at night?

11,000 degrees on surface and 27,000,000 degrees in core