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A high solar angle means that
a) an area gets more concentrated sunlight and is warmer.
b) an area gets less concentrated sunlight and is cooler.
c) the Sun stays high in the air at all times, day or night.
d) you live in a really good area for solar panels.

Differential heating allows what to happen?
a) Rocks to warm up faster than land, causing them to melt.
b) Snow to melt quickly in the winter.
c) Land and water heat up at different times, leading to sea and land breezes.
d) Land and water to heat up at the same time, causing wind to happen.

The word equinox means
a) more sunlight
b) more night time
c) equal day
d) equal night

The winter solstice occurs in
a) September
b) December
c) March
d) June

The summer solstice happens in
a) September
b) December
c) March
d) June

Summer in New Jersey is hot because
a) there is a low solar angle
b) we get more sunlight during the day
c) there is a high solar angle
d) we are closer to the Sun during the summer

The sunlight that reaches Earth warms the surface through the process of
a) conduction
b) radiation
c) convection
d) None of these options

When radiation reaches the land and transfers energy, what process is happening?
a) radiation
b) convection
c) conduction
d)

During summer time in the Northern hemisphere, Earth's axis is
a) laying flat, horizontally
b) straight up and down
c) tilted away from the Sun
d) tilted toward the Sun

Earth's axis is tilted at
a) 23.5 degrees
b) 90 degrees
c) 45 degrees
d) 0 degrees

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