Exam 2: Patterns in the Skymotions of Earth

If you see a full moon tonight, how long would you have to wait to see the next full moon?

Explain why the eclipse seasons occur roughly twice every 11 months, rather than twice per year.

For a person living in Vancouver, Canada, at latitude of +49°, the Sun will reach a maximum height above the Southern horizon on winter solstice of

On which day of the year does the Sun reach its northernmost point in the sky?

When the Northern Hemisphere experiences fall, the Southern Hemisphere experiences:

The Earth's rotational axis precesses in space and completes one revolution every:

Which of the following stars will be the North Star in 12,000 years?

Constellations are arbitrary groupings of stars in the sky.

The Moon undergoes synchronous rotation, and as a consequence the:

Based on the location of the moon in the diagram below, draw a picture of how the moon would appear to an observer located on Earth.

Figure 1 -Assume you are observing the night sky from a typical city in the United States with a latitude of +40°. Using Figure 1, which constellation of the zodiac would be nearest to the meridian at 10 P.M. in mid-May?

The day with the smallest number of daylight hours over the course of the year for a person living in the Northern Hemisphere is the:

If the star Polaris has an altitude of 35°, then we know that:

If you are standing on the equator and shoot a cannonball directly north, where would you expect it to land?

How often would we have leap years if Earth's orbital period were 365.1 days?

Figure 1 -Assume you are observing the night sky from a typical city in the United States with a latitude of +40°. Using Figure 1, which constellation of the zodiac would be nearest to the meridian at 6 P.M. in mid-September?