Rotation vs. Revolution
Seasons
Earth's Rotation
Angle of the Sun in NYS
Polaris
100
1 degree per day
What is Earth's Revolution
100
Season at location A
What is summer
100
What is the Foucault Pendulum
100
December 21 Suns path
What is Path X
100
Is located directly above the ________________
North Pole / 90 degrees North latitude
200
15 degrees per hour
What is Earth's Rotation
200
Hours of daylight at for New York State at Position C
What is 9 hours
200
Deflects winds and ocean currents to the right in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is rotation/ Coriolis Effect
200
X, Y, and Z represent this time of day
What is solar noon
200
Stars appear to move this direction around Polaris
what is counterclockwise
300
Responsible for the sun rising and setting each day
What is Rotation
300
Greatest angle of solar insolation at 23.5 degrees North (A, B, C, D)
What is Point A
300
The sun rises in the ____________ and sets in the ________
What is East and West
300
The highest possible angle of insolation
What is Path Z
300
The location where Polaris is located directly above the observer
What is 90 degrees North
400
Responsible for the seasonal constellations
What is Revolution
400
The two points that represent the Equinoxes
What are points B and D
400
Time of day where you will have the shortest possible shadow
What is 12 noon
400
Where the February Sun would be located at Solar Noon
What is between X and Y
400
The location where Polaris is on the horizon
What is the equator
500
If the Earth Revolves 60 degrees, this is how many hours have passed.
What is 4 hours
500
The Point where the Earth is closest to the sun
What is Point C
500
If the sun is behind you in the South, your shadow will point this direction
What is North
500
The angle of the sun at position Z
What is 71 degrees
500
The reason why the stars appear to revolve around Polaris in the sky
What is the Earth's rotation