Explain the significance of each of the equinoxes and solstices
What will be an ideal response?
The equinoxes mark the beginning of the spring and fall, all locations on the Earth between the poles have equal daylengths; and it marks the sunrise/set at the poles. The solstices mark the beginning of the summer and winter, are when the subsolar point is at its maximum latitude; and when either the Arctic (June solstice) or Antarctic (December Solstice) Circles are completely within the lit side of the circle of illumination.
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A) volcanoes B) deep-sea trenches C) rift valleys D) mountains
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What will be an ideal response?