Int. Science Revision: Long Test I Flashcards
What’s the first moon out of all the moon phases
New moon
What’s the second moon out of all the moon phases
Waxing crescent
What’s the third moon out of all the moon phases
First quarter
What’s the fourth moon out of all the moon phases
Waxing Gibbous
What’s the fifth moon out of all the moon phases
Full moon
What’s the sixth moon out of all the moon phases
Waning gibbous
What’s the seventh moon out of all the moon phases
Last quarter
What’s the eighth moon out of all the moon phases
Waning crescent
What were Erotosthenes’ jobs
Mathematician and head of the library in Alexandria
What did Erotosthenes notice
At noon, on the day of the summer solstice, in Syene there wasn’t a s shadow but in Alexandria there was
What was the angle between the stick and sun rays in Alexandria
7.2°
Fill in the gaps: In the northern hemisphere in Winter, nights are _____ than days. The nights are getting _____ and the days are getting _____. Sun rays are more direct in the _____ hemisphere. The sourthern hemisphere is _____ illuminated than northern.
- Longer 2. Shorter 3. Longer 4. Southern 5. More
Fill in the gap: December 21st Summer solstice. Longest _____ of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Night
Fill in the gaps: In the northern hemisphere in autumn, nights are _____ than days. The nights are getting ____ and the days are getting _____. Sun rays are more direct in the _____ hemisphere. Southern hemisphere is _____ illuminated than northern.
- Longer 2. Longer 3. Shorter 4. Southern 5. More
Fill in the gap: September between 20th and 23rd: Autumnal equinox.
Day and night have the same _____.
Duration
