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Weather and Climate II: Seasonal Differences
Changes in the orientation of earth’s axis of rotation with respect to the sun over the course of a year cause…
Item CL108002: The place that gets the greatest intensity of sunlight over the course of the day in the middle of July is 20° north of the equator.
Which of the places shown in the diagram below has the greatest intensity of sunlight over the course of a day in the middle of July?
- 0° (equator)
- 20° N
- 30° N
- All places in the northern hemisphere have equal intensity of sunlight over the course of a day in the middle of July.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 2197 |
6–8 n = 1125 |
9–12 n = 1066 |
Male n = 1049 |
Female n = 1083 |
English n = 1924 |
Other n = 183 |
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| A. | 33% | 32% | 35% | 32% | 35% | 34% | 31% |
| B. | 27% | 27% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 27% | 28% |
| C. | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| D. | 17% | 20% | 15% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 18% |