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On average,how much of the suns energy that reaches earths outer atmosphere is reflected back into space?

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Only about 70% of the energy that reaches Earth is absorbed, while the other 30% is reflected back into space.
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Answer:

The sunlight is the main source of energy that is used by all living beings for their energy requirement.

The green plants absorb the sunlight to use it for the process of photosynthesis.

The energy that is absorbed by the earth is 30% as the albedo of earth is 0.3.

The energy absorbed by earth is 70%.

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