Question

How is the energy of the sun transferred through the void of space?

Answer 1

Hint: Energy of sun gets transferred to the earth through the mode of radiation.
There are three modes through which energy gets transferred which are convection, conduction and radiation. Sun's energy is transferred through radiation.

Complete step by step answer:
Three modes of transfer of energy are;
Conduction, convection and radiation.

Conduction:
It is the transfer of heat from one molecule to another within a substance. When one end of a substance is heated, the other end gets automatically heated up.

Convection:
It is the transfer of heat when the metal is in direct contact with the heat. Like the food we cook by heating the container with direct heat.

Radiation:
Requires no matter to transfer the energy as we get the sun rays.
Let's discuss how the sun's energy reaches to us and gets transferred to earth and all other planets.

When the fuel inside the sun's core gets heated up and burns its fuel gets consumed; the heat and light energy is spread in all the directions through the mode of radiation, which reaches Earth and other planets. Energy which we receive is in the form of radio waves , it doesn't require any matter to transfer its energy. This radiant solar energy warms the atmosphere and becomes heat energy.

Note: We have many applications of conduction like when we apply heat to the metal container which contains water, after some time we gets the warm water which is due to the conduction. Heat energy from metal container gets transferred to the water and likewise we get the cooked food.