Original Project
Weather and Climate II: Seasonal Differences
Item CL149001: The earth's axis is always tilted 23.5° from the line perpendicular to the plane of the earth's path around the sun.
The earth’s axis of rotation is always tilted 23.5° from which of the following?
- The equator
- A line through the earth that connects the North and South Poles
- The line between the center of the earth and the center of the sun
- The line perpendicular to the plane of the earth’s path around the sun
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 2188 |
6–8 n = 1261 |
9–12 n = 918 |
Male n = 1040 |
Female n = 1101 |
English n = 1903 |
Other n = 211 |
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| A. | 30% | 31% | 28% | 28% | 31% | 30% | 29% |
| B. | 26% | 25% | 28% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| C. | 22% | 23% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 25% |
| D. | 22% | 21% | 24% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% |