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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 CL122001: When the south pole is angled toward the sun, places close to the south pole have a greater number of hours of daylight than anywhere else on earth.
When does a place close to the South Pole have a greater number of hours of daylight than anywhere else on Earth?
- Places close to the South Pole have a greater number of hours of daylight than anywhere else on Earth when the South Pole is angled away from the Sun.
- Places close to the South Pole have a greater number of hours of daylight than anywhere else on Earth when the South Pole is angled toward the Sun.
- Places close to the South Pole have a greater number of hours of daylight than anywhere else on Earth when the South Pole is angled neither toward nor away from the Sun.
- Places close to the South Pole never have a greater number of hours of daylight than anywhere else on Earth.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1102 |
6–8 n = 630 |
9–12 n = 467 |
Male n = 546 |
Female n = 538 |
English n = 947 |
Other n = 126 |
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| A. | 16% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 15% |
| B. | 42% | 40% | 45% | 44% | 41% | 43% | 40% |
| C. | 23% | 23% | 22% | 21% | 24% | 23% | 25% |
| D. | 19% | 20% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 19% | 20% |