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How long deos it take for heat and light to reach from sun to earth?
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∙ 13y ago
8 minutes 19 seconds
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What happens to most of the solar energy that hits the plants?
When the Sun's light hits the Earth, one of two things will happen.1. The light will bounce off and be reflected back into space. Light typically (mostly) bounces off of water, clouds or snow.2. The light will be absorbed, and converted into heat. Heat is absorbed by dirt, rocks, and plants. And people!Plants use the light to grow. Water absorbs some of the energy and evaporates, becoming water vapor and clouds.
Does energy from the sun reach earth by convection?
Simply put, there are 3 heat transmission phenomenons : convection, conduction and radiation. The first two are highly dependent of the nature of the material inbetween the two objects, which in this case is nothing at all. Waves, however, travel accross space and allow heat transmission by radiation.
Which layer of the Earth is heat escaping at Earth's surface?
lithosphere
A hypothesis for how the tilt of earths axis affect the seasons?
While the Earth revolves around the Sun, the axis is always pointed in the same direction, so the Sun's light hits different parts of the Earth at different angles. For example, in summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the top of the Earth's axis is pointed towards the Sun, so the light hits the Earth there more directly, causing more heat.
What will happen if an astronaut spacesuit was dull black?
It would become very hot. Dark surfaces absorb more light than light-colored ones. The energy from that light is turned into heat. In space there is nothing to filter out the light from the sun and no atmosphere to help dissipate it. For example, areas of the moon that are exposed to direct sunlight reach temperatures of about 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93 Celsius).
How long will it take the get the suns heat to earth?
It will take 8 minutes for the light from the sun to reach Earth. The actual heat of the sun does not reach all the way out to Earth. The warmth on Earth comes from the conversion of light energy to heat energy.
How long will it take earth to get to the sun?
It will take 8 minutes for the light from the sun to reach Earth. The actual heat of the sun does not reach all the way out to Earth. The warmth on Earth comes from the conversion of light energy to heat energy.
Do heat and light from the sun have to pass through the atmosphere to reach earth?
Yes it does
How does the suns energy reach Earth?
Waves of heat and light, called radiation, travel to earth.
Where does the earth get heat and light?
Earth gets heat and light from the Sun. It's heat also comes from the Earth's core.
What does the heat from the Earth's core do?
It attempts to reach the surface of the Earth.
What does solar energy reach earth by?
Solar energy reaches the earth by two means, Electricity and Gravity.
Why does the earth need the light and heat of the sun?
Without light and heat Earth would be a dead and frozen planet
What type of heat transfer allows the Sun's heat to reach the Earth?
Radiation .
How does the energy from the sun reach the earth?
Waves of heat and light, called radiation, travel to earth.
How does the heat of the sun reach in earth?
The heat of the sun reaches the earth by radiation, E = hf =hc/w.
What heat rays do you get on earth?
We receive heat rays from the Sun. In fact most of the heat comes from the visible light. Also, some heat comes from other sun rays such as infra red light. However, the atmosphere stops a lot of the Sun's rays before they reach the surface.
