Question

The Sun is going down, and most of the land is dark, but we can see silhouettes and outlines of objects because some light is still _____ the atmosphere.

Answer 1

scattered

Step-by-step explanation:

The atmosphere of the Earth scatters the sunlight. That is why the day is completely lit. In the absence of the atmosphere like on the moon, there is no scattering of light, so even in day time, the sky is dark and along with the Sun, stars can be seen.

While the Sun goes down, most of the land is dark but still outlines of objects and silhouettes are visible. This is because the atmosphere still scatters some of the sunlight. The light source is far and in the backdrop, the small light scattered by the atmosphere causes the appearance of the outline of the object filled with solid black color.

Answer 2

The Sun is going down, and most of the land is dark, but we can see silhouettes and outlines of objects because some light is still scattered the atmosphere. When sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere it is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air.Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves and is scattered in all directions.