Apparent Motions

The sun appears to...

• Rise in the East
• Rise in the West
• Rise in the North
• Rise in the South

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The sun appears to move across the sky because

• It is rising and falling
• The sun revolves around the Earth
• The Earth revolves around the sun
• The Earth rotates on its axis

The Foucault pendulum and the Coriolis effect both provide evidence of Earth’s

• revolution

• rotation

• tilted axis

• elliptical orbit

The actual shape of Earth is best described as

• a slightly eccentric ellipse

• a sphere

• a slightly oblate sphereoid

• an ellipse

Which of these would not exist if Earth had no tilt?

• Earth’s rotation

• seasons

• lunar phases

• gravity

What determines the length of a planet’s day?

• rotation

• tilt

• orbit

• moons

Which of these motions causes Earth to have four seasons?

• vibrating

• revolving

• rotating

• spinning

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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Name the phase of the moon for letter a

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Gibbous

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At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

• Northern hemisphere
• Southern hemisphere

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