Evaporation from oceans transfers latent heat from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere.
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Question 2Earth's albedo has a negligible effect on Earth's average energy budget.
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Question 3Increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere decreases the amount of shortwave radiation that reaches the Earth's surface.
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Question 4Ozone absorbs most of the ultraviolet light from the Sun.
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Question 5A smaller solar zenith angle means sunlight has to travel through less atmosphere than if the solar zenith angle were larger.
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Question 6The solar zenith angle at the equator is always 0 degrees.
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Question 7The shape of Earth's orbit is a more important determinant of North America's temperature than is the 23.5 degree tilt of Earth's axis away from the perpendicular to the orbital plane.
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Question 8Ozone depletion is most severe over North America.
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