Question

sunlight striking earth in a high - latitude location
use the diagrams to complete the statements.
sunlight reaching a high - latitude location spreads out over a __ area than the same amount of sunlight reaching a low - latitude location. compared to a low - latitude location, the sunlight reaching a high - latitude location is __ intense.
options for the first blank: larger... more; larger... less; smaller... more; smaller... less
(there is a diagram of sunlight (yellow arrows) striking the earths high - latitude area (marked as large area) on the right side of the text.)

Explanation:

1. For the first blank: From the diagram, sunlight at high - latitude spreads over a larger area than at low - latitude (since the green area for high - latitude is large). So we choose "larger...more" is incorrect, wait, no: the first part is "Sunlight reaching a high - latitude location spreads out over a [blank] area than the same amount of sunlight reaching a low - latitude location". Looking at the diagram, the high - latitude has a large area (the green oval is larger in spread area for the same sunlight), so the area is larger. Then the second part: "Compared to a low - latitude location, the sunlight reaching a high - latitude location is [blank] intense." Intensity is energy per unit area. Since the area is larger for the same amount of sunlight, intensity is less. So first blank: larger (because the spread area is larger), second blank: less (because intensity = energy/area, larger area means less intensity).
2. So the first blank option is "larger" (from the first set: larger...more or larger...less? Wait the options are: first row: "larger...more", "larger...less"; second row: "smaller...more", "smaller...less". Wait the first blank is about the area: high - latitude sunlight spreads over a larger area (than low - latitude for same sunlight). Then the intensity: since same sunlight (energy) over larger area, intensity is less. So the first part of the statement: "Sunlight reaching a high - latitude location spreads out over a larger area than the same amount of sunlight reaching a low - latitude location." Then "Compared to a low - latitude location, the sunlight reaching a high - latitude location is less intense." So the correct options are "larger...less".

Answer:

First blank: larger, second blank: less (so the option is "larger...less")