Energy travels from the sun to the earth in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
Some other examples of the same process are:
-- you feel the warmth of a campfire on your face
-- you see a star in the night sky when you look up
-- your radio and TV sets receive energy from transmitters across town
-- the little dish on your garage receives TV channels from a satellite 22,000 miles away
-- energy flows from the magnetron in the microwave oven into the lump of leftover meat loaf
-- energy flows from the head of the X-ray machine, through your teeth, and into
a piece of photo film in your mouth
-- energy flows out from the front of your flashlight, bounces off your car keys on the ground,
and back to your eyes
-- energy flows from the UV tubes in the cover of the tanning bed down to the platform,
where it sets to work destroying your skin cells
-- energy radiates from the radar dish, bounces off the rain drops, and back to the radar receiver,
which displays it on the screen and the guy knows it's raining out there
-- energy flows in turn between the airplane and the air traffic control center, allowing people
at each end to talk to each other and set up an orderly appointment for a smooth landing.
visible light
The planet Mercury has the most similar cratered surface compared to the moon.
The Sun's energy is transmitted by electromagnetic radiation, with most of the heat caused by ultraviolet radiation striking the Earth's surface. This heat is re-radiated by infrared radiation.
absorbed by earth's surface
It does, but in very small amounts because it is absorbed by Earths atmosphere. The ozonosphere blocks most of the UV radiation from striking the surface of earth.
the greenhouse
The energy from Sun is the most important.
earths surface
No. It radiates most energy back as infarred radiation.
Radiation
Heat from the sun rising as infrared radiation from the surface of the earth.
It is summer when the sun is heating earths surface the most.
visible light
the one with the most damege is the surface wave because they are on the surface of earth. but p-waves are the second and s-waves are the third
What does a seismograph use to record the drums vibrations
Not as ultraviolet; the radiation is emitted as infrared radiation.
the ocean