Exam 15: Place and Time

If it is 1:00 P.M. EST in Washington, D.C., what is the time in Denver, Colorado, the longitude of which is 30° more westerly?

At different times of the year, the Sun appears to be in different parts of the sky among different groups of stars. This is so because

The farthest point of the Sun from the equator is known as the

The calendar we presently use is the ______________ calendar.

Parallels of latitude are parallel to the

Latitude is the angular measurement in degrees

For a period after June 21 for locations above 23 ° N, sunrise in the conterminous United States occurs ______________ each day.

If it is 10:00 A.M. EST in Washington, D.C., what is the time in Denver, Colorado, the longitude of which is 30° more westerly?

The tropical year is shorter than the sidereal year because Earth's

The elapsed time between two successive crossings of the same meridian by the Sun is known as the ______________ solar day.

The complementary angle of the angle of an object above the horizon is the

The parallel that is a great circle is the ______________.

The 120°W longitude meridian is the center of the ______________ Standard Time zone in the United States.

For a period after June 21, in Hawaii sunrise occurs ______________ each day.

The ______________ occurs on June 21.

Determine the maximum altitude of the Sun on December 22 for an observer located at 30°N.

The shortest-daylight day for people in the Southern Hemisphere at latitudes greater than 30°S occurs at the

When one travels west while passing over the International Date Line,

An attempt to remedy the difference in apparent solar days was the calculation of a

The ______________ angle added to the altitude angle equals 90°.