How energy is transfered in a rock exposed to sunlight?

Answer 1

The rock is solid. Since solids are conductors of heat, the heat is directly transfer to the rock. this method is called conduction.....

Answer 2

The rock is solid. Since solids are conductors of heat, the heat is directly transfer to the rock. this method is called conduction.....

Answer 3

If you mean, what happens when a rock is taken to the sun's surface or closer, then:

A rock is made of atoms, which are bound together to form molecules. The molecules are bound together by sharing electrons to make up the rock as you see it. In the sun, electrons roam free because the sun consists of plasma (ionized atoms). The electrons are so energetic, if they came in contact with a rock, they would nearly instantly knock all of the other electrons free in the rock. All of the molecules in the rock would be broken down as all of the atoms become ions, and thus, a part of the plasma. Long story short, you would have no more rock, but just a bunch of ionized atoms that once made up the rock.

Because of this, it would be impossible to actually send any instrument inside of the sun. Anything we send, would be ionized.

Answer 4

The simple answer is that it radiates outward from the center towards the surface.

In reality is isn't that simple. Imagine the sun as a sphere made out of boiling water. The water is heated in the center of the sphere, and the decrease in density due to heat causes the hotter water to rise to the surface. At the surface the hottest water displaces cooler water, which must sink to fill the gap left in the center by the hotter water. This process continues cyclically. This cycle is known as CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER and it applies to all fluid systems. Of course the sun isn't made out of water, it is made out of pressurized hydrogen and helium, but the process remains essentially the same.

Answer 5

When sunlight hits a rock, the rock absorbs the energy from the sunlight. This energy is then transferred into the rock causing it to heat up. The rock will retain this heat energy and slowly release it back into the surroundings as it cools down.

Answer 6

The rock is solid. Since solids are conductors of heat, the heat is directly transfer to the rock. this method is called conduction.....

Answer 7

The rock simply absorbs the heat energy, so warms up.

Answer 8

radiation transfer sunlight to the rock ang condution transfer the rocks energy to its surroundings

Answer 9

The rock is absorbing electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun (mostly visible and infrared), causing its atoms to vibrate more (i.e. heat up).