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Solar Energy to Earth and the Seasons
Objectives
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After reading Chapter 2, you should be able to:
- Distinguish among galaxies, stars, and planets, and locate Earth.
- Overview the origin, formation, and development of Earth and construct Erath's annual orbit about the Sun.
- Describe the Sun's operation and explain the characteristics of the solar wind and the electromagnetic spectrum of radiant energy.
- Portray the intercepted solar energy and its uneven distribution at the top of the atmosphere.
- Define solar altitude, solar declination, and daylength, and describe the annual variability of each--Earth's seasonality.
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