LEARNING GOALS I will use light sources and surfaces to model beam spreading. I will explain how beam spreading reduces the intensity of solar radiation.

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LEARNING GOALS I will use light sources and surfaces to model beam spreading. I will explain how beam spreading reduces the intensity of solar radiation.

SUMMER What kind of weather and activities do you think of when you hear the season summer?

SUMMER What is it about summer that makes it hotter? What happens to produce more heat?

SUMMER Longer days result in more time for the Sun’s energy to be absorbed by the land, water, and atmosphere. But is there more to the story?

DEMONSTRATION I am going to use this flashlight beam to represent a beam of light from the Sun. Observe the spot of light where the beam hits the SMARTboard. Tracing

LIGHT Light is a form of energy. This flashlight and the Sun are both sources of light energy. I used this flashlight to shine light energy on the SMARTboard. Our tracing shows the area that the energy beam covered at two different times.

KEY IDEAS The size and shape of the light spot changes, depending on the angle of shine. The light spot gets bigger as the angle between the beam of light and the SMARTboard gets smaller. The amount of light energy in the beam stays the same, so both light spots deliver the same amount of energy to the SMARTboard.

ENERGY!!! Energy travels from the Sun to Earth as radiation. Radiant energy travels in rays. The number of rays hitting a given area is the energy density. When lots of rays hit an area, energy density is high. When few rays hit an area, energy density is low.

ENERGY!!! The flashlight puts out a steady beam of light rays that is about 5cm across. When the light beam falls on a surface from directly above (90 degrees), the area it covers is a circle about 20cm2. When the angle that the light is coming from changes from 90 to 15 degrees, the beam falls on an oval surface about 60cm2. The amount of light in the flashlight beam does not change. All that changes is the angle at which the light strikes the surface.

SOLAR ANGLE The angle at which light strikes a surface is called solar angle. These low-solar-angle rays are hitting Earth’s surface at about 15 degrees. Light rays shining from directly overhead have a high solar angle. These are hitting Earth’s surface at 90 degrees.

SOLAR ANGLE Notice that the incoming rays of light are equally spaced in both beams. But because of the solar angle, three times as many rays are falling on Earth when the light comes from a high solar angle. Therefore, the density of energy is greatest when light shines on a surface at a 90 degree angle.

BEAM SPREADING The way a light beam covers a larger area when it hits a surface at an angle is called beam spreading. Think about this. If you spread some jam evenly on a cracker and the same amount of jam evenly on a slice of bread, the jam will be thicker on the cracker than on the bread. You will get more jam with each bite of cracker than with each bite of bread.

DEMONSTRATION Sunlight travels 150 million kilometers in absolutely straight lines and uniform density to get to Earth. We can look at how light spreads when it hits Earth’s surface by masking all of the light except for one column of rays by putting a barrier with a hole between Earth and the Sun.

DEMONSTRATION When the beam of light hits different parts of the globe, what shape is it? What time of day is the solar energy most intense? –Noon, when the Sun is at a high (large) solar angle Least intense? –Sunrise and sunset, when the solar angle is low and the energy spreads over a large area

DEMONSTRATION What regions of the planet are subjected to the most intense solar radiation? –Near the equator Least intense? –North and South polar regions

SOLAR ANGLE Because Earth is round, the angle at which light hits it is different from place to place. Light does not come to Earth from different angles; light strikes surfaces that are at different angles. The angle between the incoming rays of light and the surface of the land is the solar angle. We can see this if we think of Earth’s surface as made of lots of little flat areas.

SOLAR ANGLE In this illustration we see four rays of light coming to Earth. Ray 1 happened to strike Earth exactly perpendicular to the surface. The solar angle is 90 degrees. Light ray 2, however, did not strike perpendicular to the surface because the surface is farther north. The solar angle, when compared to Earth’s surface, is about 60 degrees. Light ray 3 and 4 hit the surface at even smaller angles, perhaps 45 and 30 degrees.

SOLAR ANGLE AND SOLAR ENERGY The greater the solar angle, the greater the density of radiant energy. Solar energy is most intense during the middle of the day. Solar energy is most intense near the equator. Energy is least intense in the morning and evening. Energy is least intense at the polar regions.

WORD BANK Solar Angle- The angle at which light strikes a surface. Greater the angle (90 degrees), the greater the energy. Beam Spreading- The way a light beam covers a larger area when it hits a surface at an angle.