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Chapter 9, Problem 55EAP
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55. Internal versus External Heating. In daylight, Earth's surface absorbs about 400 watts per square meter. Earth's internl radioactivity produces a total of 30 trillion watts that leak out through our planet's entire surface. Calculate the amount of heat from radioactive decay that flows outward through each square meter of Earth's surface (your answer should have units of watts per square meter). Compare quantitatively to solar heating, and comment on why internal heating drives geological activity.
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EBK COSMIC PERSPECTIVE, THE
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