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What is the Vernal Equinox?
What is the Vernal Equinox?
- The day when the sun strikes the plane of the Earth's equator
- The day when the sun crosses the Tropic of Capricorn
- The day when the sun crosses the Tropic of Cancer
- The day when the sun is exactly above the equator (correct)
Which factor determines a location's distance from the equator?
Which factor determines a location's distance from the equator?
- Altitude
- Latitude (correct)
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- Longitude
What causes differences in the directness of the sun's rays and length of day and seasons?
What causes differences in the directness of the sun's rays and length of day and seasons?
- Inclination of the Earth's axis (correct)
- Latitude
- Position of the Earth in relation to other planets
- Revolution of the Earth along its orbit
