Exam 15: Moons and Small Solar System Bodies

The number of daylight hours before 12 noon is ______________ the number of daylight hours past 12 noon.

During one year, what is the apparent change in the noonday Sun's overhead latitude?

The International Date Line is a theoretical line following approximately the ______________ meridian.

The local solar time at 75°W is 12:00 noon. What is the longitude of an observer who sees the full moon on her meridian at this time?

______________ is defined as the angular measurement, in degrees, east or west of the Greenwich, or prime, meridian.

The 90°W longitude meridian is the center of the ______________ Standard Time zone in the United States.

What are the standard time and date (time of day and day of month) in Kyoto, Japan (135°E, 35°N), when it is 11 A.M. EST on March 10 in Washington, D.C. (39°N, 77°W)?

A ______________ is always longer than a ______________ .

The elapsed time between two successive crossings of the same meridian by a star other than the Sun is known as

When the ______________ is crossed traveling westward, the date is advanced to the next day.

Daylight Saving Time begins on the first Sunday of ______________ and ends on the last Sunday in ______________.

Most of the Rocky Mountains, in the western United States, lie in the ______________ Standard Time zone.

Six months of darkness at the North Pole begins when the Sun is at the

Pope Gregory XIII decreed that 10 days would be skipped in 1582 because

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

When it is 12 noon, May 6, in Perth, Australia (33°S, 116°E), what are the standard time and date in Ottawa, Canada (44°N, 76°W)?

When the Sun is on the meridian, it is by definition ______________ local solar time.

The Greenwich meridian is also known as the

A high tide is occurring at Charleston, South Carolina (80°W, 33°N). At approximately what other longitude is a high tide occurring?

On June 21, the noonday Sun is overhead at what latitude?