Crash Course Astronomy

We can see constellations change positions throughout the night because

• Earth moves around the Sun
• Earth is rotates on its axis
• Stars move in different motions
• Earth is tilted

Which number most likely shows the position of the Sun at noon? 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

On this day, the daylight and nighttime hours are equal.  This occurs in September.

• Autumnal Equinox
• Summer Solstice
• Vernal Equinox
• Winter Solstice

Which line represents the path of the sun during Winter for a location in New York State?

• A

• B

• C

Look at the diagram. Path B shows the path of the sun during which season?

• Autumn/Spring

• Summer

• Winter

Look at the picture.  Would the sun be low or high in the sky in the afternoon picture?

• The sun would be highest.
• You would not be able to see the sun at all.
• The sun would be low in the sky.
• The sun has nothing to do with shadows.

Each of the two days of the year when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun is called a(n) ? 

• winter solstice
• summer solstice
• rotation
• equinox

Which motion occurs at a rate of approximately
one degree per day?

• the Moon revolving around Earth
•  the Moon rotating on its axis
• Earth revolving around the Sun
• Earth rotating on its axis

If the tilt of Earth’s axis were increased from
23.5° to 30°, summers in New York State would
become

• cooler, and winters would become cooler
• cooler, and winters would become warmer
• warmer, and winters would become cooler
• warmer, and winters would become warm

During the month of January, at which location
in New York State is the Sun lowest in the sky at
solar noon?

• Massena
• Niagara Falls
• Utica
• New York City