2007-03-28 19:08:54 · 4 answers · asked by vishwas k 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Sun-Ra was a musician, he made an old movie called "Space is the Place."
Seriously, a "ray" of sunlight is one way of describing sunlight thinking of it as a beam of particles, which travel in all directions outward from the light's source.
When a "ray" of sunlight strikes something non-reflective, one of two things happens: it either passes through it, if it's completely transparent; or it's absorbed by it, if it's opaque.
This absorption is usually thought of as the light turning into energy and adding itself to the energy of the opaque surface, such as when a roof tile heats up during the day.
2007-03-28 19:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by kozzm0 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sun rays become infra red and the non reflecting material heats up.
2007-03-29 02:16:54 · answer #2 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The light gets absorbed into the object, causing the object to heat up and give off black body radiation (aka heat).
2007-03-29 02:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
energy and it transfers it energy into the object that it strikes when not reflected
2007-03-29 02:13:26 · answer #4 · answered by ULTRA150 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋