Multiple Choice
The tilt of Earth's axis causes
A) the percentage of solar radiation reflected from Earth's surface to vary from 5 to 95 percent.
B) the Sun's rays to strike more directly and for more hours every day during summer in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
C) all of Earth's heat transfer in the atmosphere.
D) deflection of air currents differently in the Northern versus the Southern Hemisphere.
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