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FButt

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on: Jul 14, 2018
Do the annual variations in EarthSun distance adequately account for seasonal temperature changes? Explain.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Thermals and advection are both types of:
 
  A) convection. B) conduction C) radiation. D) transmission.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The annual variations in EarthSun distance do not account for seasonal temperature changes. The Earth is closest to the Sun during the Northern Hemisphere winter and receives up to 7 percent more energy in January than in July.

Answer to Question 2

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