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Most of the energy generated by the Sun travels to Earth as Electromagnetic Radiation. A very tiny amount of energy of the Sun is given off as particles, mostly electrons and protons, flying off into space.
Electromagnetic energy is, of course, light. The light energy from the Sun includes the visible spectrum we can see and much more in the infrared part of the spectrum that we can not see and a little in the ultraviolet as well. It all travels at the speed of light from the Sun outwards and a tiny fraction of the Sun's energy strikes the Earth and is absorbed. As a result, the electromagnetic energy is converted to thermal (heat) energy and keeps Earth warm.
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How does the sun give its energy to the Earth when space has no gravity?
The sun gives its energy to the Earth through electromagnetic radiation, primarily in the form of sunlight. Gravity doesn't play a direct role in the transfer of energy from the sun to the Earth. Space may be a vacuum, but light and energy can still travel through it.
Energy from the sun travel to earth's surface by what?
Energy from the sun travels to the earth's surface is brought here by electromagnetic radiation. Once the radiation reaches the planet, most of it is converted to heat.
It takes one million years for energy to be released from the sun and minute s to reach Earth from the sun?
Energy generated in the sun's core through nuclear fusion can take up to a million years to travel to the surface and be released as sunlight. Once released, it takes about 8 minutes for the sunlight to travel the 93 million miles to reach Earth.
Does it take the sun just over eight minutes to travel 93 million miles to earth?
The Sun doesn't travel to Earth. What travels to Earth is the light from the Sun. This takes about 8m 20s.
Why must it be the sun that provides thermal energy to the earth?
Sun provides heat to earth's surface. It provides thermal energy to the earth.
What did energey from the sun travel to Earth as?
Energy from the sun to Earth travels as electromagnetic energy, or light energy.
How does energy that reaches the earth from the sun travel?
It is done by radiation.
How does the sun' energy travel to the earth?
Electromagnetic radiation... i.e., light. Electromagnetic Waves A+
Why does the energy from the sun travel to Earth by radiation instead of by convection or conduction.?
Convection and conduction require matter to travel through, and there is no matter between Earth and the Sun
How does the sun give its energy to the Earth when space has no gravity?
The sun gives its energy to the Earth through electromagnetic radiation, primarily in the form of sunlight. Gravity doesn't play a direct role in the transfer of energy from the sun to the Earth. Space may be a vacuum, but light and energy can still travel through it.
How does heat energy from the sun get to the earth?
RadiationHeat can't travel through a vacuum, directly, so the sun emits energy as light. The earth receives about a two billionth of the sunlight emitted, but the light is converted to heat and other energy forms.
What form of energy does light travel to earth?
Light from the sun travels to Earth in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
How does the the sun transfer energy to the earth?
The energy from the Sun is transferred via electromagnetic waves to the Earth. These e-m waves may travel in a vacuum, and do so essentially at the speed of light.
Energy from the sun travel to earth's surface by what?
Energy from the sun travels to the earth's surface is brought here by electromagnetic radiation. Once the radiation reaches the planet, most of it is converted to heat.
Does chemical energy travel from from the sun to earth and is transformed into light enerty by plants?
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How does theral energy travel through the vacuum between the earth and the sun?
as electromagnetic radiation
Does energy from sun travel to earth as mechanical energy?
No, the energy from the sun travels to Earth mainly in the form of electromagnetic radiation, such as sunlight. This energy is transformed into other forms of energy, such as heat and light, when it interacts with Earth's atmosphere and surface.
