Original Project
Weather and Climate I: Basic Elements
The pattern of the rise and fall of air temperature over a day and over a year at any given place on the surface…
Item WC030002: Sunlight warms the land and the land warms the air.
Does sunlight increase the temperature of the air around the earth directly, or does sunlight first increase the temperature of the land, which then increases the temperature of the air?
- Sunlight increases the temperature of the air directly, but sunlight does not increase the temperature of the land, and the land does not increase the temperature of the air.
- Sunlight increases the temperature of both the air and the land directly, but the land does not increase the temperature of the air.
- Sunlight increases the temperature of both the air and the land directly, and the land increases the temperature of the air.
- Sunlight increases the temperature of the land directly, but the land does not increase the temperature of the air, and the temperature of the air is not increased directly by the sunlight.
- Distribution of Responses
- Students Responding Correctly
| Group | Correct | Total | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1262 | 3158 | 40% |
| Grades | |||
| 6–8 | 678 | 1890 | 36% |
| 9–12 | 584 | 1266 | 46% |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 598 | 1511 | 40% |
| Female | 634 | 1577 | 40% |
| Primary Language | |||
| English | 1126 | 2826 | 40% |
| Other | 101 | 254 | 40% |