Consider the following statements about the Sun\'s maximum alititude as seen at
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Consider the following statements about the Sun's maximum alititude as seen at different locations on different days of the year 1. If located somewhere in the northem hemisphere, you will see the Sun reach a higher altitude in your sky on June 21 than on December 21 2. Regardless of your location on Earth, the Sun 3. If located anywhere on the equator, the Sun will pass directly over your head every day at local noon passes directly overhead every day at loc al noorn 4 If located anywhere on the equator, you will see the Sun reach a higher point in the sky on June 21 than on March 21 Which are true? Only statement 1 is true Only statements 2 and 3 are true Only statement 4 is true Only statements 1 and 4 are true All the statements are trueExplanation / Answer
1. TRUE - - If located somewhere in the northern hemisphere, you will see the Sun reach a higher altitude in your sky on June 21 than on December 21. That is part of the reason why summer is hotter than winter.
2. FALSE - - Regardless of your location on Earth, the Sun passes directly overhead every day at local noon.
There is actually NO location on Earth where you will have the sun over your head EVERY day. At either tropic line, the sun will only do that on the associated solstice. At the equator, the sun only does that on the equinoxes. Other tropic latitudes will have that happen on two critical days that are symmetric about the solstices.
3. False, that only happens on the equinoxes. From April to September 21, the sun on the equator is entirely in the northern sky. From October to March 20, the sun on the equator is entirely in the southern sky.
4. False. The sun on the equator reaches zenith on the equinoxes, and on the equinoxes alone. There is no higher sky point than the zenith.