contestada

energy from the sun drives the earth’s climate and weather. the most intense solar radiation arrives at the equator. solar radiation leads to the greenhouse effect, which is essential for life on earth. (a) there is evidence that global climate change over the past 100 years has led to an increased warming of earth because of the greenhouse effect. (i) describe how the solar radiation that arrives at the equator is redistributed around the earth through atmospheric circulation.

Respuesta :

Answer:

Explanation:

The Sun doesn’t heat the Earth evenly. Because the Earth is a sphere, the Sun heats equatorial regions more than polar regions. The atmosphere and ocean work non-stop to even out solar heating imbalances through evaporation of surface water, convection, rainfall, winds, and ocean circulation. This coupled atmosphere and ocean circulation is known as Earth’s heat engine.

unequal heating forms Hadley cells that redistribute heat

-unequal heating forms convection currents that redistribute heat

-unequal heating forms wind currents that redistribute heat

-unequal heating alters ocean currents that redistribute heat

The climate’s heat engine must not only redistribute solar heat from the equator toward the poles, but also from the Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere back to space. Otherwise, Earth would endlessly heat up. Earth’s temperature doesn’t infinitely rise because the surface and the atmosphere are simultaneously radiating heat to space. This net flow of energy into and out of the Earth system is Earth’s energy budget.

ashishdwivedilVT

The Earth is not heated uniformly by the Sun. The Sun heats equatorial regions more than polar parts because the Earth is a spherical.

What drives Earth climate and weather ?

Through the evaporation of surface water, convection, precipitation, winds, and ocean circulation, the atmosphere and ocean continuously attempt to balance out solar heating imbalances. The Earth's heat engine is this circulation of the ocean and atmosphere together.

  • Uneven heating patterns Heat redistribution Hadley cells
  • Convection currents caused by uneven heating transfer heat.
  • Wind currents caused by uneven heating redistribute heat.
  • Uneven heating changes ocean currents, which redistributes heat.

The heat engine of the climate must return heat from the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere to space in addition to redistributing solar heat from the equator toward the poles. Otherwise, the planet would continue to heat up. The heat of the planet because heat is simultaneously being radiated into space from the surface and the atmosphere.

The Earth's energy budget is represented by this net energy flow into and out of the system.

Learn more about climate and weather here

https://brainly.com/question/10440860

# SPJ 2