miss bonny 3.2

Visible light, infrared radiation, and ultraviolet light are all forms of

electromagnetic radiation

Approximately what percentage of solar energy that passes through the atmosphere reaches Earth?

50 percent

Explain why Earth's surface does not get hotter and hotter

The ocean and the land repeats it back to the atomosphere

When solar energy reaches Earth, it is in the form of

all of the above

a park bench may become very hot on a sunny day, Why is the bench like the rock mentioned in the passage above?

b/c rocks are hot to touchy so the park bench absorbs sun's rays

What happens to the solar energy that is not absorbed by Earth's surface?

clouds, gases, and dust

All of the solar energy that enters Earth's atmosphere does not reach Earth's surface because it is either absorbed or

scattered and reflected

How much of the sun's radiation does Earth receive?

two-billionths