Question

During winter, will the sun's apparent path across the sky be higher or lower than in summer? Imagine you are looking up at the sun while standing on the ground and think about the path of the Sun across the sky from sunrise to sunset in summer vs. winter.

A. During winter, the sun will appear higher in the sky during midday than it does during winter.

B. During winter, the sun will appear lower in the sky during midday than it does during summer.

C. It is impossible to answer this question unless I know which hemisphere I am in since the question does not say whether it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere.

Answer 1

Option B.

Step-by-step explanation:

During winter, the Sun will show up at a low level in the sky during early afternoon than it does during summer.

This is on the grounds that for the two sides of the equator, in winters, the days are shorter.

Also, because of the tilt of the orbit, the point with which the beams hit the surface of the earth is lower in winter as compared to summer (on the grounds that the half of the globe encountering winter moves from the Sun).

This decline in the angle makes an interpretation of the Sun showing up nearer to the horizon or appearing low in the sky.