Original Project
Weather and Climate I: Basic Elements
Item WC107001: Both the blocking of sunlight by clouds and the height of the sun above the horizon affect the amount of energy transferred from the sun to a place on the earth's surface.
What affects how much energy is transferred from the sun to any place on the earth’s surface?
- Both the blocking of sunlight by clouds and the height of the sun above the horizon affect the amount of energy transferred to a place.
- The height of the sun above the horizon affects the amount of energy transferred to a place, but the blocking of sunlight by clouds does not.
- The blocking of sunlight by clouds affects the amount of energy transferred to a place, but the height of the sun above the horizon does not.
- Neither the blocking of sunlight by clouds nor the height of the sun above the horizon affect the amount of energy transferred to a place.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 4188 |
6–8 n = 2560 |
9–12 n = 1625 |
Male n = 2001 |
Female n = 2107 |
English n = 3740 |
Other n = 340 |
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| A. | 41% | 39% | 44% | 43% | 40% | 41% | 41% |
| B. | 27% | 27% | 26% | 26% | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| C. | 22% | 24% | 20% | 22% | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| D. | 10% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 12% |