Why do lattidtudes differ in the amount of solar energy they receive?

Question

Why do lattidtudes differ in the amount of solar energy they receive?

Answer 1

because of the natural tilt of the earth being 23.5 degrees off axis.  the earths tilt creates an uneven solar target

Answer 2

at higher latitudes (nearer to the poles) the sun's ray strike earth's surface at an angle, and the same amout of sunlight is spread over a large area. the sun's ray also travel for a longer distance befoe reaching these areas.

nearer to the equator, the same amount of sun's ray are concentrated over a smaller region and these area receive higher amount of solar energy.

(you can experimenting using a torch and a ball)

Answer 3

The world is a spherical ellipsoid that revolves around the sun.

The sun shines its rays in straight lines. The rays enter the atmosphere and are diffused and reflected by the atmosphere. The rays closer to the equator travel less distance through the atmosphere than they do for locations further away form the equator and so impart more energy to the earths surface.

Answer 4

Because the earth is tilted on its axis.

Answer 5

Earth is tilted on its axis 23.5 degrees. The axis never moves, but because of the orbit of the Earth, for part of the year, the northern hemisphere is closer to the sun, and for the other part of the year, the southern hemisphere is closer to the sun. The part of the Earth that is closest to the sun receives direct sunlight, which has a stronger intensity. When the northern hemisphere is closer to the sun, the distance of the sun's rays are closer so it has a higher intensity. Because the southern hemisphere is farther away from the sun, the distance the sun's rays needs to travel is longer so the intensity of the rays are stronger. It is the exact opposite when the southern hemisphere is closer to the sun.

In other terms: In general, climates of locations near the equator are warmer than climates of areas far from the equator. The reason is that the sun’s rays hit Earth’s surface most directly at the equator. At the poles, the same amount of solar radiation is spread over a larger area, and therefore brings less warmth.

Answer 6

Because the earth is on an axis so the sun changes how much some parts of the earth gets.Also a lot of the suns rays are reflected off the earths in the parts that the sun doens't hit the earth in a staight line(directly).I know this because of my enviromental classes.Trust me on it.