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Obliquity and Precession

Authored by Richard Rodgers

Science

11th - 12th Grade

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Obliquity and Precession
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What is the measure of how elliptical an orbit is?

eccentricity

obliquity

precession

perturbation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What is the wobble of Earth called?

Wobbliness

Eccentricity

Precession

Obliquity

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What is the variation in Earth's tilt called?

Eccentricity

Tiltiness

Precession

Obliquity

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Milankovitch was a Serbian __________ who used the eccentricity, obliquity, and precession of the Earth's orbit around the Sun to account for the advance and retreat of the ____________.

mathematician, oceans

astronomer, glaciers

mathematician, polar ice caps

astronomer, tides

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

This term refers to variation of the shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun.

aphelion

precession

obliquity

eccentricity

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

At values of low eccentricity, the Earth's orbit is more nearly:

elliptical.

eccentric.

circular.

oblong.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

When the Earth's orbit exhibits high eccentricity and the Earth is at aphelion, the climate is likely to be ____________.

warmer

colder

about the same as today

vary from extremely hot to very cold

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