Astronomy

Nutation is the slight oscillation that occurs during

• precession

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

The orbit motion of Earth around the Sun is affected by

• Sun's gravity and Earth's inertia

• Moon's gravity and Earth's inertia

• Earth's gravity and Sun's inertia

• Moon's inertia and Earth's gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, what season occurs?

• Summer

• Winter

• Autumn

• Spring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the most direct sunlight falls on what latitude?

• 57^oN

• 23^oS

• 23^oN

• 90^oN

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This force affects the size of the Earth at the equator

• centrifugal

• coriolis effect

• inertia

• gravity

Spring tide occurs

• in the Spring

• during first and third quarter moon phases.

• when sun, earth, and moon at right angle alignment.

• during new and full moon phases.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth oscillates with an axial tilt from 22 to 24.5 and back every 41,000 years.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

_____________________ is the Sun's outer thin layer of its atmosphere.

• convection zone

• plasmosphere

• corona

• chromosphere

The Earth is tilted ___ degrees from its elliptical plane.

• 12

• 23.5

• 0

• 6.6

Earth's precession is influenced by EVERYTHING EXCEPT_________________.

• rotation

• centrifugal force

• gravity

• intertia

• nutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4