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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 CL115002: The place where sunlight strikes the earth’s surface at a 90° angle during the months of May and October is a little farther north each day in May and a little farther south each day in October.
What is TRUE about the place where sunlight strikes the earth’s surface at a 90° angle during the months of May and October?
- The place is a little farther north each day in May and a little farther south each day in October.
- The place is a little farther south each day in May and a little farther north each day in October.
- The place is a little farther north each day in May, but it stays in the same place each day in October.
- The place does not change at all during May or October.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 2124 |
6–8 n = 1177 |
9–12 n = 935 |
Male n = 1052 |
Female n = 1024 |
English n = 1849 |
Other n = 214 |
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| A. | 32% | 29% | 37% | 33% | 31% | 33% | 27% |
| B. | 30% | 33% | 27% | 29% | 32% | 30% | 29% |
| C. | 22% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 28% |
| D. | 16% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 17% |