Earth's temperature remains fairly steady, which means that earth must return nearly the same amount of energy to space that it receives from the sun. in what form(s) does earth return most of this energy to space?

1) Visible light reflected by clouds

2) Infrared light emitted by the surface and atmosphere

3) Reflection of visible light by the surface

Explanation:

The primary source of heat for the Earth is Sun. The heat is transferred in the form of light from the Sun.

Now, for the Earth to maintain nearly the same temperature some amount of this light must be returned.

The heat or the energy is returned by the Earth through

1) Visible light reflected by clouds

2) Infrared light emitted by the surface and atmosphere

3) Reflection of visible light by the surface

see the picture for the vector

the magnitude of the vector by pythagorean theorem

r = √( (-10)^2 + (3)^2 ) = √109

magnitude = √109 units

the direction angle between vector and x-axis is

tan^(-1)(3/10) = 16.699

so the direction is approximately 16.7 degrees north of west

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