Question 1 0.5 pts the angle at which the sun's rays strike the earth's surface (the angle of incidence) varies by o decreasing with latitude o increasing with longitude o increasing with latidude o decreasing with longitude

decreasing with latitude

Explanation:

The sunlight is the primary heat source of Earth. The sunlight though doesn't fall at the same angle everywhere on Earth, thus it is not warming up equally every part of Earth.

The reason for this is that Earth, as the other plants, has rounded shape, or rather an elliptical shape. Because of the shape of Earth, the sunlight falls at highest angles around its central part, the tropics. As we move away from the tropics though, and as the planets curvature increases, the sunlight falls at lower and lower angles, thus the angle by which the sunlight falls is decreasing as the latitude is increasing.

The end result of this is that the lower latitudes are the warmest because the sunlight is more concentrated, the mid-latitudes are temperature because the angle of the sunlight is smaller, while the high latitudes are very cold because the sunlight falls at very small angles so they are dispersed over very large area.

hi there,

on december 11, 2001, china officially became the 143rd member of the

world trade organization (wto) in the culmination of a negotiation

process which began in 1986. economists have long been debating the

global effects of china's accession to the wto, and as china becomes

fully integrated into the organization over the next several years,

the accuracy of their predictions will be tested.

one of the biggest residual effects of china's entry to the wto,

according to economists, will be the relocation of manufacturing and

distribution centers to china. due to its cheap labor, cheap

industrial land, and educated workforce, china is an ideal production

centre for businesses based in outside countries. this will likely

result in a twofold impact – more jobs will be available in china,

while countries like india, which have historically offered cheap

labor, will suffer. taiwan and malaysia's technology industries are

already suffering as companies like dell computers move production to

china, and while foreign investment soars in china, other asian

countries suffer. in addition, mexico and the caribbean will lose

thousands of garment manufacturing jobs as the u.s. lifts restraints

on chinese textile imports.

while the impact on southeast asia may be negative, the western world

may benefit. while some suggest china's open borders will result in

increased competition and a decreased employment rate for the western

world, western countries will benefit from access to china's highly

developed electronics and industry sectors. with duties and quotas

slashed, and restrictions lifted, multinationals will benefit by

setting up distribution centers without the need for chinese

middlemen. in addition, it's expected that china will import massive

amounts of food products, machinery and vehicles from the u.s., japan,

hong kong, taiwan, singapore and south korea, thus providing

significant boosts to these countries' economies.

in conclusion, it seems that while western countries may benefit from

china's accession to the wto, there's the potential that asian and

south american countries may feel the pinch of free trade as china

moves to a global economy.