Exercise No. 2: Please answer the following questions. Write your answer in a properly labeled answer sheet Study Figure 2 carefully. The drawing shows how the Earth is oriented with respect to the Sun during the month of June.
1. Which hemisphere is tilted towards the sun? Away from the Sun?
2. Which part receives the least solar radiation? Explain your answer.
3. Which part receives the most solar radiation in a year?
4. Why do places that receive direct rays of the Sun have warmer temperatures?
1. Which hemisphere is tilted towards the sun? Away from the Sun?
2. Which part receives the least solar radiation? Explain your answer.
3. Which part receives the most solar radiation in a year?
4. Why do places that receive direct rays of the Sun have warmer temperatures?
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1. Northern Hemisphere
2. The highest latitudes, The reason that higher latitudes receive less sunlight is due to the shape of Earth. Any view of Earth reveals it as a circle, and only the front face receives direct sunlight.
3. The equater
4. When the sun's rays strike Earth's surface near the equator, the incoming solar radiation is more direct (nearly perpendicular or closer to a 90˚ angle). Therefore, the solar radiation is concentrated over a smaller surface area, causing warmer temperatures.