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1
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recall the definition of latitude

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a location latitude is the distance in degrees north or south of the equator, measured in degrees
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what is the latitude of the north pole?

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90’ degrees N or -90’ south

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what is the latitude of the equater

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0’N or 0’S

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what is the latitude of the south pole

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-90’N or 90’s

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reacall the definition in longitude

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the distance in degrees east to west of the prime meridian
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what is the longitude of the prime meridian and what does it go through?

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0’ degrease n or east it doesn’t matter.

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7
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where does the sun rise

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the east and sets in the west

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what way does the earth rotate

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west to east

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9
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define Zenith

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point in the sky directly above viewers head

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define nadir

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point in the sky directly below the viewers feet.

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what is a horizon plane

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at any given time a viewer can only ever see half of the celestial sphere

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define the celestial sphere

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a model of the sky that appears like a dome overhead. at which the stars seem to be fixed.

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Why does a shape on the northern hemisphere appear differently than on the southern hemisphere?

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Observers in the northern hemisphere will see constellations rotated 180° compared to viewers in the southern hemisphere.

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14
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what is elevation?

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the elevation is the angle of an object above the horizon (90’ would be the zenith)

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What is azimuth?

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azimuth (az)? It is the angle measured clockwise from the north (0’ az) on the horizon.

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define rotation?

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the movement of an object around its own axis is called rotation

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define revolution

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Revolution is the movement of an object around another object (or point in space).

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18
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What is the order of the planets and asteroid belts in our solar system?

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Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, the asteroid belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the Kuiper belt

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what are the terrestrial planets?

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Mercury, Venus, earth and Mars

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What are the gas giants?

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Jupiter, Saturn

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21
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What are the ice giants?

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Uranus, Neptune

22
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What are terrestrial planets?

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planets that…
- made up of land and rock
- smaller than the giants
- closer to sun than giants

23
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What are gas giants?

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planets that…
- made up of gas
- large planets

24
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What are ice giants?

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planets that…
- larger than terrestrial planets but smaller than gas planets

25
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Where is the Kuiper Belt located?

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It is after Neptune.

26
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Where is the asteroid belt located?

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in between Mars and jupiter

27
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What is a sunrise?

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place rotating into sun

28
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What is a sunset?

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place rotating out of light

29
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define orbit.

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time taken for any planet to rotate once on its axis

30
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What are constellations?

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groups of fixed stars with definite names are called constellations

31
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where do stars rise?

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east and set in the west (appear to revolve around the south celestial pole clockwise or for the north pole, anticlockwise)

32
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How long is a sidereal month, and what is it?

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a sidereal month is when the moon does a full revolution around the earth, which takes 27.3 days

33
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How long is a synodic month, and what is it?

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A synodic month is when the moon lines up between the earth and the moon. it takes 29.5

34
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what is it called when the moon is only a shadow?

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new moon

35
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What is it called when the moon has 25 percent of it covered with light from the left side?

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waxing crescent

36
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What is it called when the moon has 75 percent of it covered with light from the left side?

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waxing gibous

135% through cycle

37
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what is it called when the moon is fully covered by the sun?

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full moon

38
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What is it called when the moon has 25 percent of it covered with shadow from the left side?

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wanning gibous

39
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What is it called when the moon has 75 percent of it covered with shadow from the left side?

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waning crescent

40
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define eclipse

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an eclipse is an interception of light from one celestial body by another.

41
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define the ecliptic plane

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The ecliptic plane is the imaginary 2D, which contains the earth’s orbit around the sun.

42
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Where is the moon located in a solar eclipse?

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in between the sun and the earth

43
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Where is the moon located in a lunar eclipse?

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after the sun and the earth

44
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how do seasons occur?

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The earth’s spin axis is tilted with respect to its orbital plane. This is what causes the seasons. When the earth’s axis points towards the sun, it is summer for that hemisphere. When the earth’s axis points away, winter can be expected

45
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What is a solstice, and when does it occur?

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a day in which the daytime (summer) or nighttime (winter) is the longest of the year. this happens twice a year
- June
- December

46
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What is an equinox, and when does it occur?

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a day in which daytime and night are approximately the same. occurs twice every year in march and September.

47
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What is the ecliptic?

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The line on the celestial sphere that shows the sun through the zodiac is called the ecliptic.

48
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what is inferior in relation with the earth and the sun?

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between the earth’s orbit around the Sun.

49
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What is superior in relation to the earth and the sun?

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beyond the in-between of the earth’s obit around the sun.

50
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what is opposite in relation to the earth and the sun?

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the other side of earth

51
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What is conjunction in relation to the earth’s orbit and the sun?

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on the side of the sun from the earth.

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