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Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere

Question 9 • FHS 2016 TX-Earth and Space Science

Nearly all of the energy that Earth receives from the Sun is used in photosynthesis.

Answer
A
T
B
F

Explanation

Only a small fraction of the Sun’s energy reaching Earth is captured by plants and other photosynthetic organisms. Most is reflected back to space or absorbed by land, oceans, and the atmosphere, so the statement is false. Choice B, representing false, is correct.

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