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• What causes seasons?
• The tilt and revolution of the earth.
• What is the reason we see different
constellations in different seasons?
• Earth revolution around the sun.
• What are day and night evidence of?
• Earth’s rotation
• What degree latitude do the suns rays hit
directly on March 21?
• Zero degrees, the equator.
• What is the spiral motion of fluids in the
atmosphere and ocean that demonstrates
earth’s rotation called? What direction do
they spin in the northern hemisphere?
• The Coriolis effect.
• Spin to the right in northern hemisphere
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What causes tides?
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The gravitational pull of the moon.
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What is it called when the moon’s shadow
falls on earth?
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A solar eclipse
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What is the approximate length of time for
a lunar month of phases.
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29.5 days.
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At what time does the full moon rise?
At what time does the full moon set?
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Full moon rises at 6 pm (sunset)
Full moon sets at 6 am (sunrise)
What phase of
the moon is this?
On what day of
the lunar cycle
does it occur?
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Waning crescent
Day 22-27
What planet is this?
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Mars.
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What planet has a runaway greenhouse
effect?
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Venus
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Name the Jovian planets in order from the
sun
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
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What is the apparent backing up or looping of a planet
as viewed from earth caused by earth passing the planet
in it’s orbit?
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Retrograde motion
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Which planet’s day is longer than its year?
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Venus
• What will a medium sized star like
our sun end its life as?
• A white dwarf
• What is this?
• A comet.
• Which group on the HR diagram
does the sun belong too?
• The main sequence.
• What is the evidence that the
universe is expanding?
• Most galaxies are red-shifted
(moving away from us)
• How old is the universe?
• About 15 billion years
What are the two possible fates for a
massive star following a super nova?
A black hole or a neutron star.
Seasons, moon phases, and tides are
examples of what type of change?
Cyclic change.
In what model do the sun and the
planets revolve around the earth?
Geocentric.
What is the altitude of Polaris in
Massena, New York?
45 degrees above the horizon.
The compressing of light waves as a
source of light moves towards the
observer is what?
The blue shift or Doppler effect.
End of game!