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Describe how the sun can heat the sand even though there is no heat energy coming from the sun.

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Energy from the Sun heats the atmosphere. ... Some of the sunlight that reaches Earth's surface is absorbed. The energy from this light heats the substance that absorbs it. The sand can become warm or even hot as it absorbs some of the sunlight that hits it.

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