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About how much of the solar energy that reaches Earth’s atmosphere is absorbed by the atmosphere?(1 point)
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three-fifths
three-fifths
one-fourth
one-fourth
one-tenth
one-tenth
three-fourths
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one-fourth
About 20–25% of the Sun’s incoming energy is absorbed by the atmosphere (roughly one-fourth); about half is absorbed at the surface and ~30% is reflected back to space.
About 20–25% of the Sun’s incoming energy is absorbed by the atmosphere (roughly one-fourth); about half is absorbed at the surface and ~30% is reflected back to space.
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