Insolation

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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What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

• It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas

• It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year

• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night

• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day

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Transfer of thermal energy through "space"

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

• The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

• The norther hemisphere is tilted neither toward or away from the sun

• Why are you talking about the northern hemisphere when you asked about the southern hemisphere?

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Imagine you drew a dot on the paper. At which angle would the dot receive the most intense amount of light?

• 90 degrees (shown as A in the image)

• 60 degrees (shown as B in the image)

• 30 degrees (shown as C in the image)

Imagine you drew a dot on the paper. At which angle would the dot receive the LEAST intense amount of light?

• 90 degrees (shown as A in the image above)

• 60 degrees (shown as B in the image above)

• 30 degrees (shown as C in the image above)

At which angle would the dot be warmed the LEAST by the sunlight?

• 90 degrees (shown as A in the image)

• 60 degrees (shown as B in the image)

• 30 degrees (shown as C in the image)

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Which graph best illustrates the relationship between the intensity of insolation and the angle of insolation?

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As the angle of light decreased (when you started to angle the flashlight closer to the paper) what happened to the size of the circle of light?

• The size of circle of light increased.

• The size of the circle of light decreased

• There was no change in the circle of light.

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Insolation, incoming solar radiation, is

• radiated from the Sun and absorbed by but not reflected by the Earth

• absorbed by the Sun and radiated by the Earth

• is radiated by the Sun and absorbed and reflected by the Earth

• is radiated by the Sun and ONLY reflected by the Earth

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