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What is the meaning of the solar constant?Group of answer choicesthe amount of energy the earth receives per unit area and unit timethe regularity of the 11 year sunspot cyclethe stability of the Sun's luminosity for as long as life has existed on Earththe fact that features on the Sun appear to never changethe fact that the amount of hydrogen turning into helium in the core is fixed

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What is the meaning of the solar constant?Group of answer choicesthe amount of energy the earth receives per unit area and unit timethe regularity of the 11 year sunspot cyclethe stability of the Sun's luminosity for as long as life has existed on Earththe fact that features on the Sun appear to never changethe fact that the amount of hydrogen turning into helium in the core is fixed

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The solar constant is the amount of energy the earth receives per unit area and unit time. It is a measure of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun that reaches the earth's surface. This value is approximately 1361 Watts per square meter (W/m²) at a distance of one astronomical unit (AU) from the sun.

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________________ is when the energy from the sun heats up different areas on Earth's surface at different rates and to different degrees.

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