alleryThe fraction of sunlight a surface reflects is its:
AAlbedo
BVapour
CVector
DVortex
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Albedo
1. Some surfaces send most sunlight straight back.
2. That reflected fraction has a name from the Latin for whiteness.
3. It is called the albedo of the surface.
4. So the answer is albedo.
_Source: syllabus Science, Ch 13 'Earth as a System: Energy, Matter, and Life'_
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