Astronomy 1010 Clemson Final Exam 2023; A+ GRADED

What causes the seasons? correct answers The tilt of the Earth's rotation axis to its orbit around the Sun causes parts of the Earth to experience more direct illumination from the Sun and longer days during the summer than the winter. What part of the Earth spins the fastest? correct answers the equator If you were standing at Earth's North Pole, where would you see the north celestial pole relative to your zenith? correct answers at the zenith If the star Polaris has an altitude of 35°, then we know that correct answers our latitude is 35° north. What phase occurs directly after a new moon? correct answers waxing crescent A lunar eclipse occurs when the ________ shadow falls on the ________. correct answers Earth's; Moon Assume that you and your sister can both throw a baseball at a speed of 60 km/h. If you are in an airplane traveling at 700 km/h and play catch with your sister who is near the front of the plane (you being toward the rear), how fast would the ball be traveling as seen by an observer on the ground when you throw the ball? correct answers 760 km How fast would the ball be traveling as seen by an observer on the ground when your sister throws the ball back to you? correct answers 640 km When Earth catches up to a slower-moving outer planet and passes it in its orbit, in the same way that a faster runner overtakes a slower runner in an outside lane, the outer planet correct answers exhibits retrograde motion An inferior planet is one that is correct answers closer to the sun than the earth How did the ancients know the planets were different from the stars? correct answers They saw that the planets move with respect to the stars over the course of many nights. How often do Mars solar conjunctions occur? correct answers every 2.14 years, which is once every Mars synodic period Kepler's second law states that correct answers planets move fastest when they are closest to the sun The planet Uranus will be observed in retrograde motion when correct answers Earth overtakes Uranus in its orbit