Log In | Register

A student notices that the sun is directly overhead where she lives. Where else is the sun directly overhead at that moment?

  1. Everywhere on the sunlit side of the earth
  2. Everywhere on the sunlit side of the earth that is directly east or directly west of where she lives (same line of latitude), but nowhere else
  3. Everywhere on the sunlit side of the earth that is directly north or directly south of where she lives (same line of longitude), but nowhere else
  4. Only where she lives
Distribution of responses
Answer Choice
Overall
Grades
Gender
Primary Language
 
n = 2158
6–8
n = 1117
9–12
n = 1034
Male
n = 1042
Female
n = 1053
English
n = 1885
Other
n = 184
A. Everywhere on the sunlit side of the earth 23% 24% 21% 22% 23% 22% 30%
B. Everywhere on the sunlit side of the earth that is directly east or directly west of where she lives (same line of latitude), but nowhere else 30% 28% 33% 30% 31% 30% 28%
C. Everywhere on the sunlit side of the earth that is directly north or directly south of where she lives (same line of longitude), but nowhere else 26% 27% 24% 23% 28% 26% 23%
D. Only where she lives 21% 21% 22% 25% 18% 22% 19%