What Is the Character of the Sunspot Cycle

Multiple Choice

What is the character of the sunspot cycle?

A) Starting at sunspot minimum, new spots appear uniformly over the Sun, then gradually become concentrated at mid-latitudes as they increase and then decrease in number.
B) Starting at sunspot minimum, spots first appear far from the equator, followed by new spots closer to the equator as they increase in number, the latest spots closest to the equator.
C) Sunspots increase and decrease in number over 11 years, appearing at random locations between latitudes 10° and 30° from the equator in both hemispheres.
D) Starting at sunspot minimum, new spots appear close to the equator, followed by spots farther from the equator as they increase in number, the latest spots dying out at high latitudes.