Author Question: The albedo of the Moon is 7 percent. This means that a. the Moon can absorb seven times more ... (Read 126 times)

ETearle · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

The albedo of the Moon is 7 percent. This means that
a. the Moon can absorb seven times more energy than Earth.
b. 7 percent of sunlight striking the Moon is absorbed.
c. the Moon emits only 7 percent as much energy as it absorbs from the Sun.
d. 93 percent of sunlight striking the Moon is reflected.
e. 7 percent of sunlight striking the moon is reflected.

Question 2

The combined albedo of Earth and the atmosphere is approximately ____ percent.
a. 4
b. 10
c. 30
d. 50
e. 90