About 23 percent of incoming solar energy is absorbed in the atmosphere by water vapor, dust, and ozone, and 48 percent passes through the atmosphere and is absorbed by the surface. Thus, about 71 percent of the total incoming solar energy is absorbed by the Earth system.
As Earth rotates, different parts of Earth receive sunlight or darkness, giving us day and night. Since different parts of Earth enter and exit daylight at different times, we need different time zones. In the late 1800s, a group of scientists figured out a way to divide the world into different time zones.
True. Many innovators
and inventors have used new scientific methods to develop and improve
communication and transportation devices in many ways. They were able to either make them faster or
more fuel efficient. They have also
given rise to new ways to communicate such as the internet and have developed
devices that make it easier for people to come together.
The homology of animals is based on scientists current understanding on the evolutionary history of living species.
