Question

Intensity of solar energy is the maximum in the ___zone​

Answer 1

Answer:

In the summer, solar radiation (measured by irradiance) will be greatest over the equator and the hemisphere tilted toward the sun. Over most of Earth's surface, the solar radiation received is measured by the solar irradiance.

Answer 2

Note: The correct question must be provided with following options:

Which zone has the maximum intensity of solar energy?

(A) Torrid

(B) Temperate

(C) Frigid

(D) North

1. The radiation value is roughly $1.6 cal/cm^{2} /min$ when the Sun is directly above the equator at noon during either the vernal or autumnal equinox.
2. Because the Earth's atmosphere absorbs and reflects some of the Sun's energy, this figure is smaller than the solar constant.
3. Because the Sun's rays must travel a longer distance through the atmosphere as latitude increases in each hemisphere, the amount of solar radiation per unit of surface area decreases.
4. Earth receives more solar heat in the tropics, less in the temperate latitudes, and the least at the poles due to the combined effects of air path length and inclination of Earth's axis.
5. As points on the rotating Earth travel from one side to the other, the intensity of solar energy changes.
6. India is located in the torrid zone.
7. Thus, the intensity of solar energy is maximum in the torrid zone.

Hence, option A is correct.

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