Explain how solar heating varies with latitude. What will be an ideal response?
Sunlight striking polar latitudes spreads over a greater area (that is, polar areas
receive less radiation per unit area) than sunlight at tropical latitudes. Near the poles,
light also filters through more atmosphere and approaches the surface at a low angle,
favoring reflection. Polar regions receive no sunlight at all during the local winter. By
contrast, at tropical latitudes, sunlight strikes at a more nearly vertical angle, which distributes the same amount of sunlight over a much smaller area. The light passes
through less atmosphere and minimizes reflection. Tropical latitudes thus receive
significantly more solar energy than the polar regions, and mid-latitude areas receive
more heat in summer than in winter.
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A. Lake Mead B. groundwater C. rain barrels D. Las Vegas River
Which option correctly describes an effect of human activity on a river channel?
A) If logging and clearing have increased the sediment load, the channel may fill and the banks may become higher. B) If logging and clearing have increased the amount of runoff, the channel may fill and the banks may become higher. C) If agriculture and building have decreased the amount of runoff, the channel may erode further and the banks will become lower. D) If agriculture and building have increased the sediment load, the channel may erode further and the banks will become lower.
In India, 80 percent of the villages lack all-weather roads
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The cultivation of aquatic organisms for food, including fish farming, that has the potential to increasingly substitute for wild-caught fish stock is called __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word