Author Question: As Earth revolves around the sun, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted: a. straight up and down at all ... (Read 18 times)

arivle123 · **on:** Aug 22, 2018

As Earth revolves around the sun, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted:
a. straight up and down at all times of year.
b. toward the sun in March but away from it in September.
c. toward the sun in December but away from it in June.
d. toward the sun in June but away from it in December.

Question 2

The primary reason that the polar ocean doesn't freeze solid and the equatorial ocean doesn't boil away is because the:
a. amount of solar energy striking the two regions is very similar.
b. ocean moves heat from the low to the high latitudes.
c. atmosphere acts as a blanket to protect the Earth from large temperature variations.
d. atmosphere moves heat from the low to the high latitudes.