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How does the amount of daylight during the summer solstice (June 21) compare to that on the winter solstice (December 21)?

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The amount of daylight during the summer solstice (June 21) is the longest day of the year therefore the most amount daylight over the course of 24 hours. Now comparing this to winter solstice (December 21) is the shortest day of the year therefore the least amount of daylight over the course of 24 hours.
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Answer:

summer solstice has more and winter has less

Step-by-step explanation:

The summer solstice is the longest day of the year (so, the day with the most hours of daylight). In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 31 minutes longer than on Winter Solstice.

The winter solstice occurs in December, and in the Northern Hemisphere the date marks the 24-hour period with the fewest daylight hours of the year.

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