George Brown College Canada

GSCI 1009

Quiz 2

1)You observe a full Moon rising at sunset. What will you see at midnight?

2. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
3. Suppose you live in the US and you see a crescent moon in your evening sky tonight. What will a friend in South America see tonight?
4. What conditions must be met to have an eclipse?
5. Earth is closer to the Sun in January than in July. Therefore, in accord with Kepler's second law:
6. Which of the following statements does not use the term angular size or angular distance correctly?
7. All the following statements are true. Which one explains the reason that there is not a solar eclipse at every new moon?
8. If Earth's axis had no tilt, Earth would not have significant seasons because the intensity of sunlight at any particular latitude would not vary with the time of year.
9. In any particular place on Earth, certain constellations are visible in the evening only at certain times of the year because…
10. What is a constellation?
11. We describe a location on Earth's surface by stating its…