Question

The summer solstices occurs around June 21st and is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. On this day, the Sun is as far ______ as it will get at sunrise and sunset. A) east B) north C) south D) west

Answer 1

B) north

Step-by-step explanation:

On June 21st we have the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. This is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and officially it marks the beginning of the summer. On this date, the sun gets the furthest north during sunset and sunrise on the Northern Hemisphere. This is the case because that is when the Northern Hemisphere is the most tilted and exposed to the sunlight. Basically, the further north the Sun appears on the sky in the Northern Hemisphere, the more sunlight there will be and the higher the temperatures will be as well.