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About 6% of incoming solar radiation is reflected back into space from the atmosphere and 4% by the surface of the earth.
- Incoming solar radiation: 100%
- Reflected by the atmosphere: 6% : Absorbed by the atmosphere: 16%
- Continuing incoming solar radiation: 78%
- Reflected by clouds: 20% : Absorbed by clouds: 3%
- Continuing incoming solar radiation: 55%
- Reflected by the earth's surface: 4% : Absorbed by the earth's surface (lands and oceans): 51%
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What are the three things that happens to the radiation the Earth receives from the sun?
It is reflected back out into space (e.g off clouds)It is captured by plants in photosynthesisIt warms the air and makes the weather systems on Earth and the ocean circulationsIt becomes trapped (over time) as fossil fuels.
How does Earths Atmosphere Gets Energy?
Earth's atmosphere gets energy primarily from the sun. Solar radiation heats the atmosphere, creating temperature gradients and driving weather patterns. Some energy is also exchanged between the atmosphere and the Earth's surface through processes like conduction, convection, and evaporation.
What two things can happen to electromagnetic energy that enters the earths atmosphere?
Electromagnetic energy that enters the Earth's atmosphere can be reflected back into space or absorbed by the atmosphere and surface. Absorption can lead to heating of the atmosphere and contribute to processes like the greenhouse effect.
Energy that is reflected from the atmosphere is?
called albedo, and it represents the amount of sunlight that is reflected off the Earth's surface back into space. Albedo is influenced by factors such as surface type, cloud cover, and atmospheric conditions. A high albedo means more sunlight is reflected, while a low albedo means more sunlight is absorbed.
How does solar radiation leave earths atmosphere?
Solar radiation leaves Earth's atmosphere through a process called reflection and absorption. Some of the radiation is reflected back into space by clouds, gases, and particles in the atmosphere. The remaining radiation is absorbed by the surface of the Earth, where it is converted into heat energy.
What percentage of the suns radiation that reaches the earths atmosphere is absorbed by earths surface?
About 50% of the sun's radiation that reaches Earth's atmosphere is absorbed by the Earth's surface. The remaining energy is either reflected back to space or absorbed by the atmosphere.
What percent of the suns energy is absorbed at earths surface?
Roughly 70% of the sun's energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface. The rest is reflected back into space or absorbed by the atmosphere.
What happens to the energy from the sun that is absorbed. by earths surface?
Energy from the sun that is absorbed by the Earth's surface is reflected back into the atmosphere or absorbed by land and water and transformed into heat.
When the suns rays strike the earths surface energy is absorbed or reflected?
absorbed
What three things occur when the sun's energy hits the earths surface?
The sun's energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface, causing it to warm up. Some of the energy is reflected back into the atmosphere or absorbed by the atmosphere. Plants and other organisms use the sun's energy through photosynthesis to produce their own food.
What are the three things that happens to the radiation the Earth receives from the sun?
It is reflected back out into space (e.g off clouds)It is captured by plants in photosynthesisIt warms the air and makes the weather systems on Earth and the ocean circulationsIt becomes trapped (over time) as fossil fuels.
How does Earths Atmosphere Gets Energy?
Earth's atmosphere gets energy primarily from the sun. Solar radiation heats the atmosphere, creating temperature gradients and driving weather patterns. Some energy is also exchanged between the atmosphere and the Earth's surface through processes like conduction, convection, and evaporation.
What two things can happen to electromagnetic energy that enters the earths atmosphere?
Electromagnetic energy that enters the Earth's atmosphere can be reflected back into space or absorbed by the atmosphere and surface. Absorption can lead to heating of the atmosphere and contribute to processes like the greenhouse effect.
What three things can happen to the radiation that earths receives from the sun?
The radiation that Earth receives from the sun can be absorbed by the atmosphere, reflected back into space, or absorbed by the Earth's surface and converted into heat energy.
Why is only 50 percent of the solar energy that reaches the outer atmosphere absorbed by Earths surface?
The Earth looks bright - thus much of the light reaching Earth is reflected back into space.
Most of the solar energy reaching planet Earth and its atmosphere is absorbed by what?
earths surface
What percentage of the solar energy the reaches the outer atmosphere is absorbed at the earths surface?
50%
