Answer:
D. (1) low, (2) absorbs, D. The Poles are tilted most toward or away from the Sun on the Solstices
Explanation:
- Albedo plays a major role in the energy balance of the earth's surface, as it is defined as the rate of absorption of part of solar radiation. Albedo ranges from 0.2 for dark, rough soil surfaces, some of the values around to 0.5 show light soil, and snow has an albedo of 0.75
- Thus most of the solar radiation is absorbed by the soil particles there tectonic rate of sand and snow, in contrast, is very high as compared to the normal dull soil surface.
- The poles are slightly tilted due to the axial rotation of the earth and hence, away from the sun and the solstice that occurs is mostly of lower intensity. As solstice is defined by the declination of sun rays over the surface of the earth when the sun is directly overhead the noon.
<span>the person that first introduced that the sun is center of the universe is: Nicolaus Copernicus
his theory is known as the heliocentric model.
Because of this theory, he got a lot of criticism and hostile treatment from various religious community that believed that the earth is the center of the universe</span>
Answer:
- prolonged exposure to high pressure zones
- mountain ranges
- cold oceanic currents
Explanation:
All deserts form because of prolonged period of lack of precipitation. That happens because of multiple reasons, with some of them being high pressure zones, mountain ranges, and cold oceanic currents. The high pressure zones are basically consisted of denser, lower air masses which do not allow the low pressure air masses to come in, thus stopping the rainfall. The mountain ranges are a natural barrier, and they manage to stop the wet air masses, so there's lot of rainfall on the windward side, but the leeward side will be very dry. The cold oceanic currents bring in colder and dry weather, with the air masses also being very dense, and while they manage to produce some moisture close to the ground, the rainfall is extremely rare.
Answer:
Option (A)
Explanation:
Ocean basin covers a large amount of area on the earth's surface. They have been constantly changing over a long period of time in terms of both shape as well as size.
The size of the ocean basin is controlled by the rate of subduction and rate of spreading that is going on since the geological time. High spreading rate leads to the increasing size of the ocean basin, whereas high rate of subduction decreases the size of the ocean basin.
Thus, the correct answer is option (A).