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Weather and Climate II: Seasonal Differences
As the earth moves around the sun over the course of a year, the orientation of earth’s axis with respect to t…
Item CL114002: The sun passes directly overhead during the month of May at a place that is a little farther north of the equator than it passed over the day before.
What is TRUE about where on the earth the sun passes directly overhead during the month of May?
- Each day in May the sun passes directly overhead at all places on earth.
- Each day in May the sun passes directly overhead only at the equator.
- Each day in May the sun passes directly overhead at a place that is a little farther north of the equator than it passed over the day before.
- Each day in May the sun passes directly overhead at a place that is a little farther south of the equator than it passed over the day before.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3224 |
6–8 n = 1805 |
9–12 n = 1404 |
Male n = 1547 |
Female n = 1601 |
English n = 2816 |
Other n = 301 |
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| A. | Each day in May the sun passes directly overhead at all places on earth. | 21% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| B. | Each day in May the sun passes directly overhead only at the equator. | 27% | 27% | 26% | 28% | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| C. | Each day in May the sun passes directly overhead at a place that is a little farther north of the equator than it passed over the day before. | 34% | 32% | 36% | 34% | 34% | 34% | 30% |
| D. | Each day in May the sun passes directly overhead at a place that is a little farther south of the equator than it passed over the day before. | 18% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 18% | 23% |