Motions of Celestial Objects
What is the difference between a celestial and a terrestrial object?
Celestial means not part of the earth and terrestrial is part of the earth
This is the name of the model that places the earth at the center.
Geocentric
What is the name of the first clock
sundial
What are the names of the latitudes that sun is directly overhead at the beginning of each season?
tropic of Capricorn, equator, tropic of cancer
How many degrees does the earth rotate in 3 hours?
45
This is the name of the model that places the Sun at the center.
Sun
Why are the motions of the sun, moon and stars called apparent.
The earth is moving they are not
What time of day and day of the year is the sun located highest in the sky?
12pm on June 21st
Which way is your shadow always cast in NY?
North
The French Scientist developed a way to prove the world rotated by using what.
Focaults Pendulum
What day of the year would you cast the shortest shadow in NY?
June 21st
What causes our seasons
These are patterns of stars that used to tell stories
Constellations
This effect is what causes winds to be cureved to the right in both the northern and southern hemisphere.
Coriolis Effect
To an observer located at 0, which way would their shadow be cast on May 21st?
South
What two days of the year have 12 hours of daylight?
Equinoxes
In NY when are you able to see the big dipper
All year
At what latitude would stars appear to make a circle around the north star.
90N
From Dec 21st to Sept 21st what happens to the altitude of the sun
rises then falls
When the sun moves from its March 21st to June 21st position what happens to the amount of daylight hours?
Increases