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Mollykgkg

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Northern hemisphere winters are colder than northern hemisphere summers because
 
  a. Earth is closer to the Sun during the summer than it is during the winter.
  b. the snow that falls in the northern latitudes cools Earth during the winter.
  c. the light from the Sun shines more directly on the northern hemisphere during the summer.
  d. the period of sunlight is longer during the summer than during the winter.
  e. the light from the Sun shines more directly on the northern hemisphere during the summer and the period of sunlight is longer during the summer than during the winter.

Question 2

Relative to the stars in the sky, the Sun moves
 
  a. about one degree westward each day.
  b. about one degree eastward each day.
  c. about 360 degrees westward each day.
  d. about 360 degrees eastward each day.
  e. along the celestial equator.



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princessflame2016

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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

b




Mollykgkg

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
:D TYSM


shailee

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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