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Weather and Climate II: Seasonal Differences
Item CL079002: For two places at the same latitude, sunlight is less intense at the place where the sun is less directly overhead.
There are no clouds in the sky at Place 1 or Place 2 at the moment in time shown below.
At which place would the sunlight be the least intense?
- Place 1
- Place 2
- The intensity would be the same at both places.
- There is no way to know whether the sunlight would be more or less intense at either place.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 2125 |
6–8 n = 1110 |
9–12 n = 1008 |
Male n = 1029 |
Female n = 1034 |
English n = 1858 |
Other n = 180 |
|
| A. | 40% | 39% | 41% | 38% | 43% | 41% | 38% |
| B. | 23% | 25% | 22% | 24% | 22% | 24% | 20% |
| C. | 22% | 20% | 25% | 23% | 22% | 22% | 27% |
| D. | 14% | 16% | 12% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 15% |