The Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals (2nd Edition)
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Chapter 2, Problem 3QQ
Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning.
Which of the following is not true during Northern Hemisphere summer? (a) Sunlight strikes the ground at a steeper angle in the Northern Hemisphere that it does in the Southern Hemisphere. (b) The Sun follows a longer and higher path through the Northern Hemisphere sky than it does through the Southern Hemisphere sky. (c) Noontime shadows are longer in the Northern Hemisphere that in the Southern Hemisphere.
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The Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals (2nd Edition)
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