Topic 2

What is the best evidence for Earth's revolution

• Sunspots

• Sun rising and setting

• Star trails

• The constellations we see change with the seasons

The longest day of the year in New York State occurs in

• April

• June

• November

• December

What is primarily responsible for the changing seasons on Earth

• tilt of earth's axis

• wobble of earth's axis

• change in distance from sun

• change in rate of revolution

The foucault pendulum provides evidence of

• earth orbiting the sun

• earth's tilt

• earth's rotation

• earth's spherical shape

Which planet below has the greatest eccentricity

• venus

• mars

• earth

• jupiter

Which object is located at one of the foci of the elliptical orbit of saturn

• earth

• betelgeuse

• jupiter

• the sun

Due to the coriolis effect, winds and ocean currents in the northern hemisphere are deflected to

• the left, clockwise

• the left, counterclockwise

• the right, clockwise

• the right, counterclockwise

What month is earth at aphelion

• september

• july

• december

• april

the period of earth's revolution is

• 24 hours

• 365.25 days

• 15 hours

• 30 days

The sun's vertical rays hit the tropic of cancer on

• June 21

• December 21

• March 21

• September 21