1. Briefly describe the term Pangea and how has endogenic and exogenic process caused a change? In your answer you are required to make reference to the different era’s while answering 2. Find the declination angle, length of the day and the solar zenith angle for the location at 18.28 degree south on the 18th August 2014 (Assume it is leap year). (For the length of the day please use both fomula’s to verify your answer)

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1. Briefly describe the term Pangea and how has endogenic and exogenic process caused a change? In your answer you are required to make reference to the different era’s while answering

2. Find the declination angle, length of the day and the solar zenith angle for the location at 18.28 degree south on the 18th August 2014 (Assume it is leap year). (For the length of the day please use both fomula’s to verify your answer)

3. Calculate the solar angle for the day at 10am and 2pm individually for the location of 21.23 south latitude on the 18th march 1993 (Assume it is non leap year)

4. State the global location for two points representing the countries and are found on the greenwhich meridian of the globe. The latitudes differ in locations with position A being on 25.5 (S) and B on 32.8 (N).

5. Define the radiative heat transfer and how it maintains balance in the environment, assuming the earth surface behaves as a black body materials. 

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