Here are the suggested answers for each of the questions you provided:
Question 2 (21.5 pts): Complete the sentences to describe the relationship between Earth's tilt and the seasons.
It is summer in the hemisphere tilted toward the sun, and it is winter in the hemisphere tilted away from the sun. The seasons are opposite in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Question 3 (1 pt): Complete the sentences to describe the relationship between the Earth-sun model and the calendar.
The solstices mark the dates on which Earth’s axis is tilted directly toward or away from the sun. The days get shorter as you move from the June solstice to the December solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
Question 4 (2 pts): Complete the paragraph to describe winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
When the South Pole is tilted away from the sun, the Southern Hemisphere experiences winter. The amount of the sun’s energy that strikes the area decreases as compared to the sun’s energy in the summer. The daylight hours are shorter, and the area temperatures drop.
Question 5 (1.5 pts): An engineer must decide how to set up a field of solar panels. Which of these should the engineer consider to capture the maximum amount of solar energy? Select all that apply.
- whether the solar panels can be adjusted to a 90° angle to face the incoming light rays
- how far away the location of the solar panel field is from the equator
- whether the panels should face north, south, east, or west
(Note: "that the panels will be closer to the sun in the summer than in the winter" is not a key consideration for solar panel efficiency as the distance from the sun does not change significantly enough to affect solar energy capture compared to angle and orientation.)
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