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How Much Of The Suns Energy That Comes To Earth Is Used In Photosynthesis? What Happened To The Rest Of The Energy?

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Of all the energy that does reach Earth, slightly less than 34 percent is reflected back to space by clouds. The Earth itself reflects another 66 percent back to space. Less than one percent of the total energy that reaches Earth is used by plants for photosynthesis.

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