The human settlements hierarchy is as follows:
- An ecumenopolis is a theoretical construction in which the entire area of Earth that is taken by human settlements, or at least, that those are linked so that to create an urban areas so big that they can shape an urban continuum through thousands of kilometers.
- A megalopolis is a group of conurbations, consisting of more than ten million people each.
- A conurbation is a group of large cities and their suburbs, consisting of three to ten million people.
- A metropolis is a large city with it's suburbs, consisting of multiple cities and towns.
- A large city is a city with a large population and many services.
- A city has many services, but not as many as the large city.
- A large town is a town with population of 20,000 to 100,000 people.
- A town has a population of 1,000 to 20,000 people.
- A village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town.
- A hamlet has a very small population, very few services, and only few buildings.
- An isolated dwelling has only 1-2 buildings.
There are a few different answers to this question, depending on what you are asking. I'll go over the main ones.
1. The Earth's axis is tilted in comparison to the Sun, so days get shorter in the winter months. This is due to less light, and therefore energy, hitting the Earth directly. Instead, that energy either misses entirely, or hits nearer to the Equator. This is why the poles have twenty-four hour days and nights depending on the season. (Night in the winter, day in the summer.)
2. In terms of the food chain, energy from the sun is converted to basic sugars by plants in a process known as photosynthesis, inside the plant's cloroplasts. Small animals such as mice and insects consume the plants, and the energy those plants converted from sunlight. This continues up the food chain until you get to apex-predators (tigers, bears, wolves, owls, etcetera).
3. In terms of electricity, solar panels are made of tons of 'solar cells' which tend to be lots of silicon atoms, which like to share electrons, and a conductive backing. (Pardon me if some of this section is incorrect, I only have a basic understanding of solar panels) When a photon (that is, a light particle) hits the silicon, it bumps off an electron, and the conductive backing catches it, resulting in a electrical current. This current is incredibly small per solar cell, so you need a ton of them to make any sort of useful power out of them. Solar panels do degrade over time, but incredibly slowly, there are some from the 1970's that still generate just as much power as they did originally (if not, only ever so slightly less).
I hope I answered what you needed to know! If you wanted a different answer, feel free to comment with some clarification and I would love to fill you in :)
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