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Thermal energy travels through space in the form of electromagnetic waves in the low infrared (IR) spectrum. In the daytime, what you feel as warmth on your skin is IR. It is invisible and can only be felt, not seen; light can only be seen, not felt.
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∙ 13y agoThe second law of thermodynamics
thermal transfer, energy conduction.
Actually the first three laws of thermodynamics are all included in this rather simple phenomena. [The zeroth law, the first law, and the second law. The third law doesn't find application in this situation.]
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∙ 11y agoEnergy transfer by radiation.
Energy transfer by radiation.
Energy transfer by radiation.
Energy transfer by radiation.
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∙ 12y agoThis is an example of Radiation.
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∙ 11y agoEnergy transfer by radiation.
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∙ 14y agoRadiation
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What energy travels to earth as what type of waves?
Light as particles and waves travel from the sun to earth as energy.
What causes an increase in thermal energy?
heat is the cause in the increase in thermal energy. the sun also causes it one the earth, because the heat from the sun projects light in a beam onto the earth and heats up the earth.
How does the sun make thermal energy?
Yes the sun does produce thermal energy.
What type of energy comes from the Sun and travels to Earth?
Electromagnetic. (That's light.)
Is the sun an example of thermal energy?
The Sun HAS lots of thermal energy, if that's what you mean.
Is earth and sun in thermal contact?
No, heat travels from the sun to earth by radiation.
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.
Energy from the sun travels to earth as what kind of energy?
Radiation!
How the sun transfer energy to earth?
the sun transfer the heat to earth by radiation of heat
When solar energy travels from the sun through a vacuum of space to the earth?
Energy from the sun travels through the vacuum of space by radiation.
Convection currents carry thermal energy from the sun to Earth?
No. Convection requires a medium to carry thermal energy from one place to another. There is no or not enough of any material in space to accomplish this. Radiation will carry thermal energy from the sun to the Earth.
How does the sun produce energy and how is it transferred to the earth?
The sun produces energy via nuclear fusion. Electromagnetic energy in the form of light travels through the vacuum of space to reach earth via what we call radiation.
How does the energy from the sun travel to the earth?
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.
How does energy from the sun travel to the earth?
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.
Does Energy from the sun travels to earth as radiant energy?
Yes, radiant energy or radiation
A form of energy that travels as waves from the sun to earth?
tidal
