SAT OwlIn the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year occurs in late June, when the North Pole is tilted most directly toward the Sun. ______ the Southern Hemisphere experiences its shortest day at that same time, since the South Pole is then tilted away from the Sun.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Similarly,
Conversely,
For example,
Subsequently,
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Answer: B
The two sentences describe opposite situations at the same moment: the longest day in one hemisphere and the shortest in the other. "Conversely" introduces the reverse of what was just described. "Subsequently" is wrong because the events happen at the same time, not one after the other.
"Similarly" may seem to fit because both sentences describe the same date, but the situations they describe are opposites.
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