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PHSC 121 hw 2 Test Questions Fully Answered with All Correct Answers Tonight you see the Moon at midnight at its highest point in your sky. What is the phase of the Moon? - Answer-Full moon You are located in Knoxville, TN, United States. Your friend is located in Lima, Peru. You see a waning gibbous moon in your clear night sky. What phase, if any, will your friend see if the night sky in Lima is also clear? - Answer-waning gibbous Which has the larger angular diameter in the sky—the S...

Science Bowl Astronomy Study Guide Rated A+ Albedo Amount of sunlight that is reflected by the surface of a planet or a satellite, such as the Moon. Aphelion The point in an orbit in which an object is at its farthest possible distance from the Sun. Apogee The point in an orbit in which an object is at its farthest possible distance from the Earth. Astronomical Unit (AU) Mean distance from the Earth to the Sun. Aurora Glow in the Earth's ionosphere caused by the interaction...

ASTRO 7N 7N - Pennsylvania State University, Astro 7N Exam 1 What two properties of a planet affect the gravity we feel on its surface? Two planets have the same radius. If Planet A is 5 times more mass than Planet B, how does gravity differ on the surfaces of the two planets? Say that there were a planet X in our Solar System with a mass 1/4 the mass of Earth and a radius 1/2 the radius of Earth. How will the gravity on its surface compare to the surface gravity of Earth? A planet...

How long does it take for Earth to go around the sun? a. 24 hours b. 30 days c. 180 days d. 365 days : D Where are aquifers located? a. beneath Earth's crust b. beneath the bedrock c. in Earth's mantle d. in Earth's core : A What happens during a solar eclipse? a. earth casts a shadow on the moon b. earth and the moon are on opposite sides of the sun c. the moon moves in front of the sun relative to earth 2 | P a g e d. earth and sun align : C On which day is there approxi...

billy mitchell aerospace exam questions and answers 100% pass Location of space - Answer- Beyond the influence of earth Micro gravity - Answer- small or low gravity Cislunar space - Answer- the space between the earth and the moon interstellar space - Answer- the distance from one solar system to another interplanetary space - Answer- the space from the center of the sun to the orbit of Pluto galaxy - Answer- an enormous collection of starts arranged in a particular shape universe - Answ...

EAPS 105 Purdue Unit 1/Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024 1. What the Milky Way looks like in the night sky. - ANSWER-An arm of stars 2. How much of the solar system's mass resides in the Sun. - ANSWER-99.86% 3. How much of the mass of the planets in our solar system resides in Jupiter. - ANSWER-70% 4. Which are the terrestrial planets. - ANSWER-Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars 5. Why our Moon creates a perfect eclipse of the Sun. - ANSWER-The moon is just the right distance away from ...

Science Praxis 5005 Elementary Education 100% Correct Plate tectonics Movement of continents and changes in the Earth's crust caused by internal forces Atmosphere dry gas (nitrogen, oxygen, argon carbon dioxide), water vapor, solid particles Troposphere closest to Earth's surface (weather related activities) Stratosphere Very little water, ozone layer Mesosphere Coldest layer Thermosphere Layer extends upward into space Mountains are caused by... volcanic action or tectonic plate collisi...

Science Olympiad Science Word Latest Update 100% Pass Double Helix DNA Structure Deoxyribonucleic Acid DNA Evolution Process of growth or formation; development Gamete A mature sexual reproductive cell that forms with another to form an organism Kingdom A taxonomic category of the highest rank Herbivores Organisms that only feeds on plants Earthquake A movement of the Earth's lithosphere (its crust and upper mantle). New Moon A phase where the moon is invisible or onl...

15 days correct answers If a solar eclipse occurs today, when might you have a chance to see a lunar eclipse? at the southern horizon correct answers If you are at the Earth's equator, where is the south celestial pole? 39 degrees correct answers If you are at a latitude of 39 degrees north, what is the altitude of the north celestial pole with respect to the northern horizon? New correct answers For a solar eclipse to occur what phase must the moon have? 26,000 years correct answer...

Magnetism - Answer Magnetism describes the property of attraction due to a magnetic field which is caused by electrically charged particles. A magnet has two poles referred to as the North and South poles. Opposite poles are attracted to each other and like poles will push away from each other. Rocks and Minerals - Answer Igneous Magma cools and hardens Granite Sedimentary Bits of sediment (small rocks, sand, fossils, shells, etc.) are compressed into layered rock over time Sandstone ...