An Energy Budget helps track energy flow in a system. An equation is used to balance the energy coming into a system with the energy that is leaving the system. The image below helps to explain how the Greenhouse Effect functions on Earth. The information provided here will help you answer the questions that follow as you attempt to understand the Earth's energy budget.Clouds reflect 17% of all incoming solar radiation back into space. An additional 8% is reflected by air molecules, and another 6% is directly reflected off the surface (mainly from snow, ice, and water).Incoming solar energy also gets absorbed directly by dust, ozone and water vapor in the upper atmosphere. This region is called the Stratosphere. The Stratosphere absorbs 19% of the sun’s energy and is heated by that radiation.The percentage of shortwave radiation that is absorbed by the Earth is later emitted as longwave infrared. A portion of this longwave energy is lost directly into space. The rest is used to warm the Troposphere (the atmospheric layer closest to the surface).1. Using the information from above, what percentage of incoming solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth's surface and converted to longwave energy? (your answer must be numeric) 100%19% of incomingsolar energy isabsorbed by theStratosphereshoortwave radiation31% of incomingsolar energy isdirectly reflectedback to spaceThe percentage ofshortwave radiationabsorbed by theEarth is later releasedas longwave radiation15% of the energyabsorbed by Earthis radiated back tospacelongwave radiation35% of the energyabsorbed by Earthcan be trapped bymolecules in theTroposphere

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An Energy Budget helps track energy flow in a system. An equation is used to balance the energy coming into a system with the energy that is leaving the system.

The image below helps to explain how the Greenhouse Effect functions on Earth. The information provided here will help you answer the questions that follow as you attempt to understand the Earth's energy budget.

Clouds reflect 17% of all incoming solar radiation back into space. An additional 8% is reflected by air molecules, and another 6% is directly reflected off the surface (mainly from snow, ice, and water).
Incoming solar energy also gets absorbed directly by dust, ozone and water vapor in the upper atmosphere. This region is called the Stratosphere. The Stratosphere absorbs 19% of the sun’s energy and is heated by that radiation.
The percentage of shortwave radiation that is absorbed by the Earth is later emitted as longwave infrared. A portion of this longwave energy is lost directly into space. The rest is used to warm the Troposphere (the atmospheric layer closest to the surface).

1. Using the information from above, what percentage of incoming solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth's surface and converted to longwave energy? (your answer must be numeric)