Author Question: In the North Polar region the sun shines for 24 hours per day during the summer, but receives less ... (Read 80 times)

viki · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

In the North Polar region the sun shines for 24 hours per day during the summer, but receives less insolation than other areas because

A) the sun is at a very low altitude.
B) the sun doesn't shine very much at night.
C) the solar beam is much more direct at polar latitudes.
D) the air is too cold.

Question 2

If the earth stopped rotating about its axis but continued to revolve around the sun,

A) temperatures across the earth would become much more uniform.
B) half of the earth would become much warmer and half would become much colder.
C) summers would get warmer everywhere on earth.
D) winters would get colder everywhere on earth.