Question

Earth absorbs about 71 percent of the heat energy from the sun. What also happens to this heat energy?(1 point)
Responses

It is converted to electricity.
It is converted to electricity.

It is refracted back to the sun.
It is refracted back to the sun.

It is reflected back to the sun.
It is reflected back to the sun.

It is converted to light.
It is converted to light.

Answer 1

None of the given choices is correct. About 71% of solar energy absorbed by Earth is re‑emitted as longwave (infrared) thermal radiation back into space. Some of that infrared is temporarily trapped by greenhouse gases, warming the planet; it is not converted to electricity, refracted back to the Sun, or turned into visible light.