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The poles of the planet experience many months in a row when the Sun
never sets. Why are the North and South poles still relatively cold during
these times?

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  • The sun is still low in the sky, so the solar intensity is low
  • The poles were cool for six months without sunlight, and it takes a long time to warm up

The missing options are:

A. The Sun is still low in the sky, so the solar intensity is low.

B. The Sun is low in the sky, so the solar intensity is high.

C. The poles were cooling for six months with no sunlight, and it takes a long time to warm up.

D. Both A and C are correct.

The correct answer is D. Both A and C are correct.

Even though the Sun never sets for many moths in the North and South poles, these are still cold because for them to warm up:

  • The Sun's rays should impact directly on the poles, as it happens with the rest of the Earth during summer.
  • As they are large pieces of land, it takes a lot of time to warm them, and it takes more than six months to do so, even more with the Sun no impacting directly on them.

In conclusion, the poles are cold because they are never positioned directly in front of the Sun since the Earth has an inclined axis. As a result, the rays directly impact the rest of Earth during its yearly journey around the Sun, resulting in high solar intensity, with high temperatures, during summer. Besides, as the Sun's rays have a very low intensity in the poles, they could never warm up these parts of Earth in six months; they need more time.

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