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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 CL074002: 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 this moment: 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 = 1089 |
6–8 n = 628 |
9–12 n = 457 |
Male n = 492 |
Female n = 570 |
English n = 950 |
Other n = 93 |
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| A. | 22% | 23% | 20% | 20% | 23% | 22% | 20% |
| B. | 45% | 42% | 47% | 45% | 44% | 45% | 45% |
| C. | 22% | 22% | 22% | 24% | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| D. | 11% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 12% |