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At noon in NYS a shadow will always point ________.
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Summer Solstice (“sun-stop”) June 21st - longest day of the year in NYS – sunrise north of east. Vertical ray located at Tropic of ________ 23½ o north latitude.
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Earth is _________ to the sun (perihelion) around January 3rd or 4th (winter).
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The earth ________ on its axis from west to east (counterclockwise).
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One Earth _________ takes approximately 24 hours.
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The closer the planet is to the sun, the ________ it travels in its orbit.
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All planets orbits are in the shape of an ________ with the sun at 1 focus point. (This includes moons, satellites, comets…).
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The moon has _________ because of the angle at which we view its surface.
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Half the moon is always lit by the ________ (we can only ever see 1 side of the moon).
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The earth _________ around the sun counterclockwise.
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Equinoxes (equal night) - September 23rd – Autumnal, _________ 21st – Vernal. Vertical ray located at the equator. 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness everywhere on earth.
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Evidence for rotation is the Foucault Pendulum – appears to change direction, and the Coriolis Effect – deflects _________ to the right in the Northern Hemisphere.
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_________ model – Sun centered, Copernicus.
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The __________ always has 12 hours of daylight (everyday).
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The lower the altitude of the sun the _________ the shadow.
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_________ Solstice – December 21st – shortest day of the year in NYS – sunrise south of east. Vertical ray located at the Tropic of Capricorn 23½ o south latitude.
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Geocentric model – ________ centered, Ptolemy.
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The seasons are due to the _________ of the earth’s axis, 23½ o.