Evn Exm

Question 1

Which of the following does not make up the solar system?

Answer 1

Constellation

Question 2

Which sky does the sun rise in and which does it set in?

Answer 2

Rise in the east, Set in the west

Question 3

How long does it take for the Earth to rotate on its axis?

Answer 3

24 hours

Question 4

If you look at the Earth from the North Pole, which way would the Earth be spinning?

Answer 4

Conter Clockwise

Question 5

How much of the Earth receives sunlight at any given moment?

Answer 5

50%

Question 6

Why is the sun’s energy more diffuse close to the poles than at the equator?

Answer 6

The curvature of the earth

Question 7

Approximately how much of solar radiation is in the visible light wavelengths?

Answer 7

44%

Question 8

Approximately how much of solar radiation is in the ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths?

Answer 8

7%

Question 9

How do greenhouse gases warm the atmosphere?

Answer 9

Trapping Heat

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

Answer 10

Argon and Nitrogen

Question 11

Which greenhouse gas is NOT a natural part of the atmosphere?

Answer 11

CFC

Question 12

If methane traps more heat (energy) than carbon dioxide (CO2), why is carbon dioxide a more impactful greenhouse gas than methane?

Answer 12

There is more CO2

Question 13

What is the approximate tilt of Earth’s axis?

Answer 13

23.5

Question 14

If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 14

Winter

Question 15

If it is fall in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 15

Spring

Question 16

Which of the following is a date of the Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)?

Answer 16

December 22nd

Question 17

Which of the following is a date of the Autumnal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)?

Answer 17

September 22nd

Question 18

Which of the following is a date of the Vernal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)?

Answer 18

March 20th

Question 19

Which of the following is a date of the Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)?

Answer 19

June 22nd

Question 20

What latitude has the most direct solar radiation during the Autumnal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)?

Answer 20

The Equator or zero degress

Question 21

What latitude has the most direct solar radiation during the Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)?

Answer 21

23.5 South

Question 22

What latitude has the most direct solar radiation during the Vernal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)?

Answer 22

The Equator

Question 23

Where is the Tropic of Cancer?

Answer 23

23.5 North

Question 23

What latitude has the most direct solar radiation during the Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)?

Answer 23

23.5 North

Question 24

Where is the Tropic of Capricorn

Answer 24

23.5 South

Question 25

What is an analemma?

Answer 25

Position of the sun over the course of a year. It looks like a uneven figure eight

Question 26

What is the perihelion and when does it occur?

Answer 26

The point of Earths obit closest to the sun. It happens Jan 3rd

Question 27

What is the aphelion and when does it occur?

Answer 27

Farthest point from the sun happens on July 4th