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 WC034002: It is colder in the winter at a given place than in the summer because sunlight reaches that place at a smaller angle in the winter.
A student lives in a town where the summers are very warm and the winters are very cold. Why is it colder in the winter than in the summer?
- Because sunlight is cooled by the cold air in the winter.
- Because sunlight reaches the town at a smaller angle in the winter.
- Because sunlight has to pass through more clouds to get to the town in the winter.
- Because sunlight has to travel a much longer distance to get to the town in the winter.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 3041 |
6–8 n = 1889 |
9–12 n = 1148 |
Male n = 1489 |
Female n = 1505 |
English n = 2703 |
Other n = 261 |
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| A. | 15% | 16% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 15% | 20% |
| B. | 41% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 37% |
| C. | 14% | 15% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 20% |
| D. | 30% | 29% | 33% | 29% | 31% | 31% | 23% |