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The percentage of solar radiation absorbed by all the green plants for the process of photosynthesis is about

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0.01

B

0.05

C

0.08

D

0.1

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Green plants in a terrestrial ecosystem capture about 1% of the energy of sunlight that falls on the leaves and converts it into food energy.
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