AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Solar radiation, often called the solar resource or just sunlight, is a general term for the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun. Solar radiation can be captured and turned into useful forms of energy, such as heat and electricity, using a variety of technologies.

Detailed explanation-2: -All of the energy from the Sun that reaches the Earth arrives as solar radiation, part of a large collection of energy called the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. Solar radiation includes visible light, ultraviolet light, infrared, radio waves, X-rays, and gamma rays.

Detailed explanation-3: -Solar energy is a renewable energy source. The sun’s energy comes from within the sun itself. Like most stars, the sun is made up mostly of hydrogen and helium atoms in a plasma state. The sun generates energy from a process called nuclear fusion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Radiation from the Sun The sun gets its energy from the process of nuclear fusion. This process occurs in the sun’s core or interior, where temperature and pressure are extremely high. During most of the sun’s life, energy comes from the fusion of hydrogen nuclei.

Detailed explanation-5: -The heat, light, and radiation that come from the sun are all examples of electromagnetic radiation. Unlike forms of energy that need to move through matter (like sound), electromagnetic radiation can travel through the vacuum of space, without other atoms, molecules, or other particles to carry it.