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borishaifa [10]
4 years ago
6

What is the correct term for changes in the elliptical shape of Earth’s orbit every 100,000 years?

Geography
2 answers:
Schach [20]4 years ago
7 0

Milankovitch cycles is the correct term for changes in the elliptical shape of Earth’s orbit every 100,000 years.

Milankovitch cycles are the various influences of the earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years. There are three dominant Milankovitch cycles which are eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession, that combines to affect the location of solar energy around the earth, seasonality, and eventually influence climatic patterns.



Temka [501]4 years ago
4 0

the answer is eccentricity

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