KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Waves from the sun which we cannot see are infrared, which have lower frequencies than red, and ultraviolet, which have higher frequencies than violet light. [more on electromagnetic radiation] It is infrared radiation that produce the warm feeling on our bodies.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Radiation is the transfer of heat through electromagnetic energy. The electromagnetic energy travels across our body when we sit near to heater in winter through radiation. Because any hot body like a heater emits electromagnetic waves which don’t need any medium for its propagation.

Detailed explanation-4: -RADIATION. Radiant heat is transferred from one body to another without contact between the bodies. The sun is the greatest source of radiant heat that we know and this heat travels through space in the form of electromagnetic waves, reaching the earth and warming it during the daylight hours.