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The earth tilts possibly due to being hit by an asteroid billions of years ago causing it to tilt in the sun 's orbit. Therefore its axis that should be completely vertical top to bottom) tilts. The earth completes one turn daily therefore all the world will receive sunlight and will enjoy the changes of season because of this tilt. It has nothing to do with how close it is to the sun but because the axis is not straight. The axis stays tilted in the same direction as it orbits around the sun that is why only certain parts received more sunlight on a specific time of day and in the year (seasons). The sun has to go through many layers that filter some of the more harmful radiation that is emitted and allows the earth to provide an abundance …show more content…
The first and very last layer in our atmosphere is the exosphere and has no breathable air and is extremely cold, below that lies the thermosphere that has very hot molecules that capture the radiation becoming charged and increase in temperature, but because they are scattered and not packed in tightly they are unable to transfer the heat, The next bottom ;layer is the middle layer known as the “mesosphere” where all the gasses are mixed , followed by the stratosphere that contains the very well known ozone that captures intense UV Rays from the sun which protects our atmosphere known as the troposphere. Within the troposphere the weather and temperature is constantly changing and contains ¾ of the atmosphere 's mass., it 's the ideal atmosphere to live in because it produces oxygen and weather that aids life to flourish. There is one more additional layer that is actually vertical and overlaps the exosphere, thermosphere ,mesosphere and the earth 's magnetic field that causes the gasses within this portion of the atmosphere to become highly excited by the energy emitted from the sun, charging its …show more content…
Think of the effect of the Aurora borealis, that 's what is responsible for the beautiful lights. The light from the sun that manages to filter through will cause certain temperature changes based on the latitude of the incoming lights on to the earth 's surface. Radiation from the heat in the atmosphere helps the earth circulate air and water currents to regulate temperatures. The temperatures inside gas molecules create frictions when they are charged increasing the temperature. The energy of motion also known as Kinetic energy is what atoms have within the molecules that give them the ability to power up and move quickly, thus friction that heats things up. The earth is considered a cool body and the the reason that the temperature isn 't freezing cold is because it absorbs heat such as through greenhouse gassesa that conatin co2 whic are released by plants and also pollution( that is also why we have very severe storms because of the insanely high levels of co2 emissions from factories and cars).The earth 's water also absorbs radiation and becomes a reservoir transferring heat equally among its body of water and stabilizing the hot radiating temperatures and cooling them

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