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Weather and Climate II: Seasonal Differences
Item CL024002: For a place that is located north of the tropical region, the maximum height the sun reaches in the sky is lower for places north of that place.
A student who lives at Place 1 in the diagram shown below observes the sun moving across the sky during the day.
Would a student who lives directly north of Place 1 see the sun reach the same maximum height in the sky that day?
- No, the maximum height of the sun for all places north of Place 1 would be lower than it is at Place 1.
- No, the maximum height of the sun for all places north of Place 1 would be higher than it is at Place 1.
- Yes, the maximum height of the sun for all places north of Place 1 would be the same as at Place 1.
- It depends on where the student lives. The sun’s maximum height would be the same as it is at Place 1 everywhere north of Place 1 except at the North Pole, where it would be lower.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 2195 |
6–8 n = 1139 |
9–12 n = 1044 |
Male n = 1082 |
Female n = 1029 |
English n = 1817 |
Other n = 252 |
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| A. | No, the maximum height of the sun for all places north of Place 1 would be lower than it is at Place 1. | 34% | 32% | 36% | 36% | 31% | 34% | 32% |
| B. | No, the maximum height of the sun for all places north of Place 1 would be higher than it is at Place 1. | 27% | 25% | 29% | 27% | 27% | 26% | 24% |
| C. | Yes, the maximum height of the sun for all places north of Place 1 would be the same as at Place 1. | 20% | 21% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| D. | It depends on where the student lives. The sun’s maximum height would be the same as it is at Place 1 everywhere north of Place 1 except at the North Pole, where it would be lower. | 20% | 22% | 17% | 19% | 22% | 20% | 22% |