Author Question: Which statement is true of an equinox? a. The hours of daylight and darkness are exactly the same ... (Read 100 times)

HCHenry · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

Which statement is true of an equinox?

a. The hours of daylight and darkness are exactly the same all over Earth.
b. Daylight is longer than darkness over the Northern Hemisphere.
c. Darkness is longer than daylight over the Northern Hemisphere.
d. The hours of daylight and darkness in each hemisphere vary according to the local season.

Question 2

On December 21, the vertical rays of the sun strike the ____.

a. Arctic Circle
b. Tropic of Capricorn
c. Tropic of Cancer
d. Antarctic Circle