Select the correct answer.
how much solar radiation is reflected back by clouds?
5 percent
a
b.
10 percent
c.
19 percent
d.
30 percent

31

31% is reflected back to space by clouds, aerosols, the Earth’s surface and atmosphere, about 20% is absorbed by the atmosphere and 49% is absorbed by the Earth’s surface then transformed to infra-red radiation (heat) and re-radiated into the atmosphere.

find the surface area of the sphere to the nearest square unit. use a calculator.

a. 254 in.2

b. 64 in.2

c. 127 in.2

d. 1,018 in.2