If the amount of energy lost by Earth to space each year were not approximately equal to that received,

a. ?the atmosphere's average temperature would change.
b. ?the length of the year would change.
c. ?the Sun's output would change.
d. ?the mass of the atmosphere would change.
e. ?nothing would change.


ANSWER: a

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