Suppose Earth were four times farther from the Sun.In the absence of the greenhouse effect,what would its temperature be? (You may assume that,without a greenhouse effect,Earth at its real location would have a temperature of 250 K.)
A) 16 K
B) 62 K
C) 125 K
D) 250 K

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The temperature of an object is proportional to the fourth root of its distance from the Sun. If Earth were four times farther from the Sun, its temperature would be 250 K / (4^(1/4)) = 125 K.

Suppose Earth Were Four Times Farther from the Sun