
Obliquity and Precession
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11th - 12th Grade
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Richard Rodgers
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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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