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How the sunlight is passed from space to the earth?

Light is electromagnetic radiation. It does not need a medium to support it.


Why is the earth called 'blue planet?

Earth is called the "blue planet" because when viewed from space, the planet appears to be predominantly blue due to its abundant water bodies like oceans and seas. Water reflects sunlight and the Earth's atmosphere scatters sunlight in a way that makes the planet appear blue from outer space.


What percent of the sunlight is reflected or absobred into organisms?

Approximately 1% of the sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface is absorbed by plants during photosynthesis, which is then used to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. The rest of the sunlight is either reflected back into space or absorbed by land, water, and other surfaces. In total, about 30% of incoming solar energy is reflected back, leaving around 70% to be absorbed by the Earth's surface and atmosphere. Thus, the percentage of sunlight specifically absorbed by organisms is relatively small compared to the total solar energy received.


How does the sun reflect?

The sun does not reflect as it is a source of light itself. However, objects in space or on Earth can reflect sunlight by bouncing the light off their surfaces, like the Moon reflecting sunlight back to Earth.


Why does some of the suns energy reflect back into space?

Some of the sun's energy reflects back into space because of the Earth's atmosphere and surface. When sunlight hits the Earth, some of it is absorbed by clouds, atmospheric gases, ice, snow, and the Earth's surface, and then reflected back into space. This phenomenon is known as albedo.

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What is a rock space that strikes Earth's surface?

meteorite


Why is it important to us on Earth that light can travel through space?

It is because light can travel through space that Earth can get sunlight. Without sunlight life on Earth could not exist.


How does polar ice that sunlight strikes help reduce global warming?

When sunlight strikes polar ice much of it is reflected back into space. This, called the albedo effect, slows global warming. When the ice melts the sun strikes the dark water, which absorbs heat much better


Does all sunlight energy stay on Earth?

Sunlight also gets reflected back out into space.


Why is sunlight more dangerous in space than on earth?

Sunlight is more dangerous in outer space than on Earth because there is no matter in space, unlike on Earth, so sunlight just passes through the emptiness of space and shines in all directions. When light passes through matter, it takes longer for the light to pass through it to reach something. In space, it only takes 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth's surface. The speed of light also depends on what type of matter the light is going through.the sun is more hotter in space than the earth


Why earth looks blue in colour from space?

The Earth appears blue from space due to the way that sunlight is scattered and absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere and surface. The blue color comes from the scattering of sunlight by air molecules, and the reflection of sunlight by the oceans and other bodies of water.


How does earths orbiting the sun relate to seasons?

the space cycle that creates canadas four seasons is earths orbiting around the sun and rotating its axis changes the angle of witch sunlight strikes diffrent parts of earth


Part of a meteroid that strikes Earths surface?

Part of a meteoroid that strikes earth's surface is known as a meteorite. These are some of the bodies that are found in outer space.


Why is sunlight more dangerous in outer space than on earth?

Sunlight is more dangerous in outer space than on Earth because there is no matter in space, unlike on Earth, so sunlight just passes through the emptiness of space and shines in all directions. When light passes through matter, it takes longer for the light to pass through it to reach something. In space, it only takes 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth's surface. The speed of light also depends on what type of matter the light is going through.the sun is more hotter in space than the earth


What is a small piece of rocky space debris that strikes the earth's surface?

A small piece of rocky space debris that strikes the Earth's surface is called a meteorite. Meteoroids are pieces of debris in space, while meteors are the bright streaks of light we see as they enter Earth's atmosphere. If a meteoroid survives the journey through the atmosphere and lands on the Earth's surface, it is then called a meteorite.


What is a rock from space that strikes earths surface?

A rock from space that strikes Earth's surface is called a meteorite. When a meteoroid (a small rocky or metallic body) enters Earth's atmosphere and survives the journey to impact the surface, it is termed a meteorite.


What is a meteor that strikes the moons surface?

A meteor that strikes the moon's surface is called a meteoroid when it is in space, a meteor when it is burning up in Earth's atmosphere, and a meteorite once it lands on the moon's or Earth's surface.