PHYS 2600 Self-Test Questions With Correct Answers.

PHYS 2600 Self-Test Questions With
Correct Answers

What is a light year? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-measure of distance
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The earth rotates about: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-its north-south polar
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axis


when you look for the Orion constellation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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position in the sky changes throughout the night but in a predictable
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way


The seasons are a result of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the earth's tilt
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relative to the sun
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1n 1850, noon earlier/later than Toronto in Guelph - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-earlier


Does the moon rotate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-yes
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, motions in the night sky are produced by: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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rotation of earth on its axis | | | | |




vernal equinox is when the sun: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-crosses the
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celestial equator |




summer solstice in the northern hemisphere is when the sun: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is at its highest angle in the sky for the whole
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year


when the moon is between the sun and the earth and almost in line it is
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a: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-new moon
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When does the first quarter moon rise? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-noon
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solar eclipse only occurs when: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the moon
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comes between the earth and the sun
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What is the phase of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-full


what is the shape of one astronomical body about another? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-an ellipse |