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Cleveland b: 41'46N 80'42W Question 17 1/ 1 point Q17: Which location do you expect to have more solar radiation on the June Solstice and why? Cleveland because it has a higher latitude than in Miami and thus a larger number of daylight hours. Question 18 1/ 1 point Q18: What aspect of solar radiation causes Cleveland to have more solar radiation than Miami in June and July? Duration - the number of daylight hours. Question 19 1/ 1 point Q19: How did the locations of the warmest areas shift from January to July? They moved from the Northern to the Southern hemispheres, because the Earth's tilt shifts from the Northern to Southern throughout the course of the year, with Northern closest at the beginning and Southern closest at the end. Question 20 1/ 1 point Q20: Why is Aswan, Egypt one of the hottest places on Earth in July? Because it's near the equator and the Tropic of Cancer. It also has a desert climate which increases the level of direct sunlight. During this time it's also tilted closer to the sun. Question 21 1/ 1 point Q21: Why does Canada experience much larger differences in temperature from January to July than does Brazil?
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