Item CL121002: Changes in the angle between earth’s axis and the sun cause the amount of time that sunlight can reach a place on earth to change over the course of a year.
What causes the number of hours of daylight a place receives to change over the course of a year?
- Changes in the moon’s path around the earth cause the moon to block sunlight from reaching a place for different amounts of time over the course of a year.
- Changes in how fast the earth turns on its axis cause a place to spend different amounts of time in sunlight over the course of a year.
- Changes in the earth’s distance from the sun cause the amount of time that sunlight can reach a place to change over the course of a year.
- Changes in the angle between earth’s axis and the sun cause the amount of time that sunlight can reach a place to change over the course of a year.
- Distribution of Responses
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- Students Responding Correctly
Group | Correct | Total | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Overall | 1050 | 3261 | 32% |
Grades | |||
6–8 | 481 | 1709 | 28% |
9–12 | 567 | 1538 | 37% |
Gender | |||
Male | 509 | 1549 | 33% |
Female | 512 | 1607 | 32% |
Primary Language | |||
English | 887 | 2772 | 32% |
Other | 109 | 345 | 32% |