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How does radiant energy reaches Earth
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radiant energy reaches Earth from the sun as radiation.
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What are the types of electromagneic waves?
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Radio waves, Infrared waves, Visible waves, Ultraviolet light, x-ray
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How do gases and particles in the atmosphere interact with light rays?
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They bend the light or make it scatter
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How do visible light and infrared light warm the earth?
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They're absorbed into the Earth and used as heat.
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How soes variations in the intensity of sunlight cause different in temperatures?
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the reason different places have different temps. is because the sun's intensity is greater in certain spots and those spots are hotter
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