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3 years ago

What effect does Earth’s spherical shape have on the amount of sunlight that reaches the equator?

2 answers:

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Because the Earth<span> is a sphere, the surface gets much more intense </span>sunlight<span>, hence heat, at </span>the equator<span>than at the poles.</span>

TiliK225 [7]3 years ago

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<h2>Answer with Explanation </h2>

The reason of this is because the shape of the Earth is spherical, this causes the Earth’s surface to get struck by the sun’s rays at different angles, creating different variants in temperatures on Earth. A perpendicular (90 degrees) angle to the Earth is formed when the equator receives intense sunlight directly as compared to the poles. At the poles, upto period of 24 hours.

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Answer:

$13 W/m^2$

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2 years ago

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Answer:

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v = d / t

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