Which temperature zone receives almost vertical rays of the sun and which zones receive slanting rays ?
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Explain why, when the sun is overhead at noon, it appears white, but when the same sun is near the horizon at sunset, it appears red.
When the sun is overhead, then the light coming from the sun has to travel a relativity shorter distance through the atmosphere to reach us. During the shorter journey of...
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Name the following (a) Two planets which are nearer to the sun than the Earth. (b) Two planets which are farther from the sun than the Earth.
(a) Mercury and Venus (b) Jupiter and Saturn (c) Pluto (d) Mercury
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Which temperature zone receives slanting rays ?
Polar Zone receives slanting rays.
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Give reasons for each of the following : Vertical rays are hotter than slanting rays.
Vertical rays are hotter, because these cross shorter distance from the sun to the earth. Consequently the tropical belt is hotter than temperate and polar areas.
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Distinguish between : - Vertical and Slanting Rays.
Vertical Rays : (a) Vertical Rays of the sun fall within its migration belt. (b) Migration belts is between Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Slanting Rays. : (a) Slanting Rays of the sun fall...
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Name a substance of which the resistance remains almost unchanged by the increase in temperature.
(Managanin).
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Give reasons for the following:- The vertical rays of the sun give more insolation than the slanting rays.
Tropical region gets vertical rays of the sun and receive much heat providing high temperature while the temperate and polar regions have less temperature due to slanting rays of the...
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Define the following : (a) Daily Mean Temperature. (b) Monthly Mean Temperature. (c) Annual Mean Temperature. (d) Mean Temperature of a place.
(a) Daily Mean Temperature — The average of the maximum temperature and minimum temperature recorded during a day (24 hours) is known as daily mean temperature. Daily Mean Temperature =(Max.Tamp.+Min.Temp.)/2 For example, if...
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Vertical rays are Hotter than slanting rays. Why ?
Vertical rays are hotter than slanting rays due to the following reasons: 1. Vertical rays heat up a smaller surface. Hence, the heat received per unit of area is large. On...
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Arrange the following electromagnetic waves in order of increasing frequency : y-rays/ microwaves, infrared rays and ultraviolet rays.
Microwaves < Infrared rays < Ultraviolet rays < y -rays.
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