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I need help with this Look at the picture provided and then answer the question below (disregard the question in the photo)Describe how a solar oven uses energy from the sun to cook food? Use the following terms in your explanation, radiation, reflection, absorption ^

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Given

Solar oven uses energy from sun to cook food

To find

The process of cooking food in solar oven.

Step-by-step explanation

Solar oven uses the UV radiation from the sun to cook food. The solar oven absorbes the Uv radiation and then convert it to the infrared radiation which cannot be reflected back.These infrared radiation has the optimum energy to heat up the food.

Conclusion

Thus solar oven works by absorbing the UV radiation from the sun.

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