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Explain why the northern hemisphere receives more solar energy from the sun between june and august than the southern hemisphere receives between june and august.

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Whichever hemisphere (the Northern or Southern Hemisphere) is tilted toward the sun receives more direct rays of sunlight (or rays that are closer to perpendicular or a 90° angle). The hemisphere tilted toward the sun also has more hours of daylight than the hemisphere that is tilted away from the sun

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