Question

Scientists believe that the Earth's orbit gradually changes from being elliptical to being nearly circular and then back to elliptical in a period of about 100,000 years. This causes global climatic change. The more elliptical the Earth's orbit, the greater the difference in (2 points)

A magnetic force on the Earth's closest and farthest locations from the Sun

B gravitational pull on the Earth's closest and farthest locations from the Sun

C solar energy received at the Earth's closest and farthest locations from the Sun

D duration of days and nights at the Earth's closest and farthest locations from the Sun

Answer 1

The answer would be C. Solar energy received at the earth's closest and farthest locations from the sun

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

C solar energy received at the Earth's closest and farthest locations from the Sun.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The seasonal patterns found on the earth are due to the rotation of the earth over its axis and these rotational motion created the bulges and the elliptical shape of the earth as more elliptical shape of the earth is the more will it spin and thus the amount of the energy that reaches the earth from the sun will be impacted by the earth and the sun distance. Thus we have the equinoxes and the seasonal solstices.