Which feature of Earth's orbit causes the 100,000 year cyclicity and variation in the amount of incoming solar radiation?Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer.aPrecessionbObliquitycEccentricitydRedundancy
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Which feature of Earth's orbit causes the 100,000 year cyclicity and variation in the amount of incoming solar radiation?Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer.aPrecessionbObliquitycEccentricitydRedundancy
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The feature of Earth's orbit that causes the 100,000 year cyclicity and variation in the amount of incoming solar radiation is c) Eccentricity. This refers to the shape of Earth's orbit around the sun, which changes from being nearly circular to being slightly more elliptical in a cycle that takes approximately 100,000 years. This change in shape affects the amount of solar radiation Earth receives.
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