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Weather and Climate II: Seasonal Differences
The earth’s spherical shape causes differences in the intensity of sunlight and thus the amount of energy from…
Item CL074001: For two places at the same latitude, sunlight is more intense at the place where the sun is directly overhead.
There are no clouds above Place 1 and Place 2 at the moment shown below.
At which place is the sunlight more intense, at Place 1 or at Place 2?
- Place 1
- Place 2
- The intensity would be the same at both places.
- There is not enough information to know at which place the intensity would be greater.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1048 |
6–8 n = 553 |
9–12 n = 489 |
Male n = 521 |
Female n = 498 |
English n = 926 |
Other n = 89 |
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| A. | 45% | 45% | 44% | 45% | 44% | 45% | 35% |
| B. | 17% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| C. | 26% | 21% | 30% | 24% | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| D. | 13% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 20% |