Suppose the albedo of a planet is measured to be 40 percent. This means that:
A) 60 percent of the Sun's energy is reflected. B) 40 percent of the Sun's energy is reflected.
C) more energy is reflected than absorbed. D) 40 percent of the Sun's energy is absorbed.
B
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The best definition of ghosts of place is:
a. the way a landscape and its people can bring in the tourist’s dollars. b. the way tourists need to “see” the landscape to give it significance. c. the way local people experience landscape visually. d. a sense of the presence of that which is not, and those who are not, physically there.
Orogens are markably well correlated with the plate tectonics model
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Roughly what percentage of matter in the universe is identical to the type of matter that comprises the planets and stars?
A. 65% B. 25% C. 5% D. 1% E. 50%
Which of the following descriptions best describes the landscape shown in this photograph from the Investigation?
A. There are no joints visible in the photograph, nor would any be expected in this type of rock. B. The balanced rock formed during a volcanic eruption. C. This scene could have been formed by erosion of a layer of sandstone. D. The sparse vegetation and apparently dry conditions imply that chemical weathering is relatively rapid here.