SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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When either the Northern or the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
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When the midlatitude zone faces the sun, receiving direct rays.
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When either the Northern or the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun.
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When the low latitude zone faces the sun, receiving indirect rays.
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Detailed explanation-1: -summer solstice, the two moments during the year when the path of the Sun in the sky is farthest north in the Northern Hemisphere (June 20 or 21) or farthest south in the Southern Hemisphere (December 21 or 22).
Detailed explanation-2: -For geographic purposes, the Earth is divided into a northern and southern hemisphere by an imaginary ring called the equator. Whichever hemisphere is more directly facing the Sun during the course of the Earth’s orbit will receive more of the Sun’s energy for more of the day.
Detailed explanation-3: -Because Earth is tilted toward the sun to the maximum degree, the North Pole has 24 hours of daylight on June 20 or 21, whereas the South Pole (which is tilted away from the sun to the maximum degree) has 24 hours of darkness.