Question

question 16
which statement is not true regarding the september equinox?
a. sunlight hits the equator at a 90° angle.
b. the weather is cooling in the northern hemisphere.
c. sunlight hits the tropic of capricorn at a perpendicular angle.
d. neither the north pole nor the south pole is tilted toward the sun.

Explanation:

During the September Equinox, sunlight hits the equator at a 90 - degree angle, the weather starts cooling in the northern hemisphere as it moves towards autumn, and neither the North Pole nor the South Pole is tilted towards the sun. Sunlight hits the Tropic of Capricorn at a perpendicular angle during the December Solstice, not the September Equinox.

Answer:

C. Sunlight hits the Tropic of Capricorn at a perpendicular angle.