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white sands national monument in new mexico has hundreds of miles of white sand dunes made of gypsum crystals. which of the following would you expect to be true of white sands national monument?
a. it has a high albedo.
b. it receives no radiation.
c. it is immune to insolation.
d. it has no heat capacity.

Explanation:

Albedo is the measure of the reflectivity of a surface. White surfaces, like the white sand dunes made of gypsum crystals in White Sands National Monument, reflect a large amount of incoming solar radiation, thus having a high albedo. All surfaces receive radiation (so B is false), insolation is a form of radiation and no surface is immune to it (C is false), and all substances have some heat - capacity (D is false).

Answer:

A. It has a high albedo.