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The greater the ____ of Earths orbit, the greater the variation in solar energy it receives between its closest and farthest approach to the Sun.
   a. wobble
   b. eccentricity
   c. obliquity
   d. tilt
   e. precession

Question 2

The ____ ascribes climate changes to variations in Earths orbit.
   a. water vapor-greenhouse feedback
   b. Maunder minimum
   c. process of subduction
   d. Theory of Plate Tectonics
   e. Milankovitch theory



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: e



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