ITCZ - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   What is obliquity?

a. An angle of the earth’s polar regions
b. The tilt of the earth
c. Patterns of a mathematical prism
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The tilt of the earth

Explanation:
Researchers have discovered a connection between earth’s tilt called obliquity and shifts every 41,0000 years and the movement of a low pressure band of clouds that is the largest source of heat and moisture for the earth namely the ITCZ or Intertropical Convergence Zone. Study reveals that earth’s tilt plays a much larger role in ITCZ migration than previously determined. This will enable climate scientists to better predict extreme weather events.