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 WC043002: The amount of energy that is transferred from the sun to a given place on the earth's surface changes depending on where the sun is in the sky.
Does the amount of energy that is transferred from the sun to a given place on earth’s surface change during the course of a day?
- The amount of energy transferred to a given place changes depending on where the sun is in the sky.
- The amount of energy transferred to a given place only changes when the sun is blocked by clouds.
- The amount of the energy transferred to a given place does not change as long as the sun is above the horizon.
- Sunlight does not transfer energy to the earth’s surface at any time during the course of a day.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3038 |
6–8 n = 1904 |
9–12 n = 1134 |
Male n = 1499 |
Female n = 1478 |
English n = 2732 |
Other n = 218 |
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| A. | 55% | 53% | 59% | 53% | 57% | 56% | 44% |
| B. | 20% | 22% | 16% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| C. | 18% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 17% | 18% | 25% |
| D. | 7% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 9% |