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Question
Give reasons:
Space beyond the earth's atmosphere appears dark.
Give Reasons
Solution
When sunlight is scattered by the particles present in the atmosphere, the surroundings get illuminated and appear bright. In space, there is no atmosphere, i.e., no source for scattering the sunlight. Thus, as sunlight is not scattered in different directions in the space, it appears dark.
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