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Fresh snow, a surface with high albedo values, reflects more light than asphalt, a surface with low albedo values. A. True

B. False

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TRUE

Step-by-step explanation:

Albedo refers to the property of reflecting the incoming solar radiation back into space, without any absorption. This albedo property is shown by the presence of features such as snow, ice, glaciers, vegetation cover, asphalt and many more.

The value for albedo ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 depicts 0% reflection, whereas, 1 signifies 100% reflection.

Fresh snow is the surfaces that are white in color and are considered to be good albedo. It has a value of 95% reflectivity.

On the other hand, asphalt is low albedo surfaces having a value of only 5% of reflectivity.

Thus, the above-given statement is True.

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