Factors Influencing Solar Energy

Which variable of the Milankovitch Cycles is animated here?

• eccentricity

• obliquity

• precession

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Which variable of the Milankovitch Cycles is animated here?

• eccentricity

• obliquity

• precession

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Which variable of the Milankovitch Cycles is animated here?

• eccentricity

• obliquity

• precession

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If you decrease the axial tilt of the Earth, what will happen to the seasons?

• milder summers and milder winters

• hotter summers and colder winters

• cold summer and cold winters

• extreme summers and extreme winters

Answer explanation

As obliquity decreases, it gradually helps make our seasons milder, resulting in increasingly warmer winters, and cooler summers that gradually, over time, allow snow and ice at high latitudes to build up into large ice sheets.

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Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth during the spring and fall equinoxes?

• The earth is tilted away from the sun (Northern hemisphere)

• The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun (tilt is side to side)

• The earth is tilted toward the sun (Northern hemisphere)

• The earth is not tilted during spring and fall

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As the angle of light decreased (like we experience in winter) what can be inferred about the temperature?

• As the angle decreased, the temperature would stay the same.

• As the angle decreased, the temperature would increase.

• As the angle decreased, the temperature would decrease.

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Seasons

Study the diagram. What season for the Northern Hemisphere does the diagram represent?

• Winter

• Spring/Fall

• Summer

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Seasons

the Milankovitch cycle of Eccentricity is when...

• the shape of Earth's orbit changes in the amount of how round or oval it is.

• The tilt of Earth's orbit changes from 22.5 to 24.5 degrees

• the wobble of Earth on it's axis changes positions.

• the Earth's volcanoes all erupt at once.

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the Milankovitch cycle of Obliquity is when...

• the shape of Earth's orbit changes in the amount of how round or oval it is.

• The tilt of Earth's orbit changes from 22.5 to 24.5 degrees

• the wobble of Earth on it's axis changes positions.

• the Earth's volcanoes all erupt at once.

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the Milankovitch cycle of Precession is when...

• the shape of Earth's orbit changes in the amount of how round or oval it is.

• The tilt of Earth's orbit changes from 22.5 to 24.5 degrees

• the wobble of Earth on it's axis changes positions.

• the Earth's volcanoes all erupt at once.

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