Catergory 3 Study Cards

Which celestial motion causes the seasons to change and how long does it take?

​ (a)   and it takes ​ (b)   days or

​ (c)  

• B
• A
• C
• 1 week
• 24 hours
• 4 weeks
• 365.25
• one year

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Point A is day and ​ (a)   season .

Point B is ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   season.

• winter
• day
• summer
• spring
• fall
• night

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Third quarter is December ​ (a)  

​ (b)   later ​

• 12-13
• 5-6
• 16-17
• 4 weeks
• 1 week
• 3 weeks
• 2 weeks

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it is growing so it is ​ (a)   and it is less than 50% full so it is a ​ (b)  

• waxing
• waning
• crescent
• gibbous

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Position W is growing and almost full so it is a ​ (a)   and will be ​ (b)   next.​

• waxing gibbous
• full moon
• waxing crescent
• new moon

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​ (a)   will experience the temperature drop due to the ​ (b)   front moving in.

• A
• cold
• B
• C
• warm

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Hurricanes form over ​ (a)   . Hurricanes runout of energy and dissipate when it reaches ​ (b)   or ​ (c)   water

• warm ocean water
• land
• colder

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Figure ​ (a)   which mean “​ (b)   ” because the water during high tide rises very high.​

• A
• jumps
• flowers bloom
• B

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Tides are caused by the graviational pull of the ​ (a)   .

• moon  and sun
• Earth and Jupiter
• Jupitor

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Why do other stars look much dimmer than the sun? What is the sun location in the Milky way galaxy?

The sun lookest bright because it is ​ (a)   .

The sun is located ​ (b)   .

• closer
• on the spiral arm
• in the center of the galaxy
• biggest
• hottest

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