Use the following list of terms to complete the paragraph below. You may need to
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Use the following list of terms to complete the paragraph below. You may need to use some terms more than once and a few quite frequently (for instance, the term ‘altitude’ is the correct response for 10 of the blanks). Figures 16.12, 16.13, 16.14, 16.15 and 16.16 in your text and the Fundamental Science Definitions pdf file attached to the top page of Unit 1 are good references to complete this paragraph. (31 pts)
90 0 decrease increases low
energy curvature temperatures noon altitude
poleward latitude summer winter
The amount of solar radiation received at Earth’s surface is called solar insolation. Insolation is absorbed by Earth surfaces and then re-radiated into the atmosphere providing the thermal _____ that drives weather and climate. The intensity of insolation, and therefore the amount of thermal energy available to heat Earth, is directly proportional to the angle at which the solar rays strike the surface. The angle at which the sunlight strikes the surface (i.e. the angle of insolation) can be observed by measuring the height, also called _____, of the sun above the horizon (measured in degrees of arc). The angle of insolation varies with _____, a geographic position measured north or south from the equator. At any given _____, the _____ of the sun and therefore the angle at which sunlight strikes the surface (i.e. the angle of insolation) changes throughout the course of the day and throughout the year. When the sunlight strikes the surface at a vertically direct _____o angle, the _____ of the sun is directly overhead (measured as ____o above the horizon) and the insolation received is the greatest. When the _____ of the sun is low, the angles of sunlight are smaller than the direct ray and the amount of solar radiation received will _____. Each unit area of Earth’s surface absorbs more solar _____ when the _____ of the sun and therefore the angle of insolation is higher leading to greater average surface air _______.
Each morning, the angle of sunlight progressively increases until it reaches its greatest angle at _____, the time at which the sun’s _____ is at its highest point above the horizon. Afterward, the sun’s _____ and the angle of insolation progressively decreases until it reaches ____o after sunset. Consequently, each day the amount of solar _____received increases after sunrise until it reaches its greatest intensity at _____ after which the intensity progressively decreases as the Earth’s surface rotates away from exposure to sunlight into darkness.
The ____ latitudes between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn receive the highest angles of daily sunlight consistently throughout the year. As a result, the amount of solar _____ absorbed is greatest in this region of Earth. Latitudes _____ of the tropics in each hemisphere find that the ____ of the sun at noon is less than _____o and will not view the sun directly overhead any day of the year. As a result, the sun’s _____ above the horizon and the angles of insolation become progressively lower with increasing _____ north or south of the tropics. This pattern is a direct result of the ____ of Earth.
Seasonal changes in solar insolation are also observed at each latitude. Each hemisphere experiences _____ when it is inclined toward the sun for several weeks. During this season, the greater angles of insolation migrate into the hemisphere tilted toward the sun as the _____ of the sun from sunrise to sunset _____. The hemisphere tilted away from the sun will observe the sun lower above the horizon all day resulting in lower angles of insolation, less thermal _____ absorbed at the surface, and a _____ season.
Explanation / Answer
Blank 1: energy.
Blank 2 : altitude.
Blank 3 : latitude.
Blank 4 : latitude
Blank 5 : energy.
Blank 6 : 90
Blank 7 : altitude.
Blank 8 : 90
Blank 9 : altitude.
Blank 10 : decrease
Blank 11 : energy.
Blank 12 : altitude.
Blank 13 : temperatures.
Blank 14 : noon.
Blank 15 : altitude.
Blank 16 : altitude.
Blank 17 : 0
Blank 18 : energy.
Blank 19 : noon.
Blank 20 : low.
Blank 21 : energy.
Blank 22 : poleward
Blank 23 : altitude.
Blank 24 : 90.
Blank 25 : altitude.
Blank 26 : latitude.
Blank 27 : curvature.
Blank 28 : summer.
Blank 29 : energy.
Blank 30 : altitude.
Blank 31 : increase.
Blank 32 : energy.
Blank 33 : winter.
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