sun light is reflacted more by ocean water because the water surface is smooth and shiny.
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It is the reflection of the sunlight off the ocean water on earth.
Radiant energy will either be reflected or absorbed by a surface. The usual rule regarding this reflection depends on the color of the object and the color of the light. For example, a red object only reflects red light, and absorbs the rest. A blue object only reflects blue light, and absorbs the rest. This goes for all of the colors. When radiant energy is absorbed, the object will heat up. Hope this helps!
dinoflagellates. They are a species of algae found in marine and freshwater. They are photosynthetic so they are considered ancestors to modern day plants Dinoflagelates contain bioluminescence which are responsible the ocean lighting up at night. They respond to touch so waves, people, or the wind can cause then to 'light up'. This is the same class of algae that is responsible for red tides and paralytic shellfish poisoning.
The moon is in the sky during the day, but it is often not as visible because of the sun's brightness. The moon does not create its own light; rather, it reflects sunlight. The moon's reflection on the ocean's surface is not responsible for its visibility during the day.
Whatever the color of the substance is, that's the light wave that is reflected most. So the ocean would mostly be green and blue. However black means no light is reflected, so the darker the less reflected.
You will find glaciers in the Arctic Ocean.
Light waves: when light hits a smooth surface, it can be reflected. Sound waves: sound can bounce off hard surfaces such as walls, resulting in reflection. Water waves: waves in the ocean or a pond can be reflected off a barrier or shore.
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Approximately 1% of light energy is converted to chemical energy in the ocean through photosynthesis by marine plants and algae. The rest of the light energy is reflected, refracted, or absorbed by the water.
No. Melting glaciers add clean fresh water to the oceans, so their melting decreases ocean acidity.
If you were to measure reflected radiation then you would be measuring the temperature of the source of light (the sun)! So you need to look at the emmited radiation (measured during the night) to guage the temperature of the ocean's surface.
An ocean can become bigger when glaciers start melting (Global Warming does this)
Has to do with reflected light, its wavelength, and how water effects it. Red light cannot travel as deep in water as green or blue. Therefor, when a red fish goes deeper the needed RED LIGHT cannot reach it and will not be reflected off the fish. SO! It looks black because it is REFLECTING no color. Thats what color is... reflected light.
The ocean is blue due to the way that light enters the atmosphere. The spectrum (Rainbow effect) refracts the light and the light is blue this light is reflected of the ocean to make it look blue. this mixed with the depth enables the sea to look blue.
The Great Lakers were ultimately formed by glaciers. The Atlantic Ocean was not. It was formed by continental rifting. Glaciers could not form a whole new ocean basin like that.