2. Recall that the amount of insolation is being used to represent seasonal vari

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2. Recall that the amount of insolation is being used to represent seasonal variations on Earth, because in simple terms more insolation results in warmer temperatures. Use the completed graphs from Question 1 to summarize seasonal variations by answering these questions: a) Describe how seasonal extremes of insolation (the difference between maximum and minimum values) vary with latitude. b) How do the patterns of seasonal variation at latitudes in the northern hemisphere (e.g., the Tropic of Cancer) compare with the patterns at the corresponding latitudes in the southern hemisphere (e.g., the Tropic of Capricorn)?

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As the latitude gets higher angle of sun becomes lower causing spreading of energy in large area alongside Earth s curveture results in less heat.polar region are cold because of this cause.the more near to euator higher the sunlight it receives.As topics has high angle of incidence all the year so it's higher in insolation.insolation decreses with higher latitude.higher the latitude greater the seasonal variation.variation is less in euator but higher in polar reagion thanks to Earth's tilting of23.5 degrees.

2.northern and southern same latitude will show different variations as they have difference in day light length and angle of incidence .just like longest day in northern latitude is in June where as it in December for southern latitude.

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