Unit 2, LS2 Vocab Quiz: Milankovitch Cycles

An orbit is...

• the path an object takes around another object.

• how long it takes to spin once.

• the imaginary point about with an object spins.

• the amount of tilt there is to a planet.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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The eccentricity of a planet refers to...

• How circular or oval the planet's orbit is.

• how much a planet is tilted on it's axis.

• how much wobble there is when a planet rotates

• how odd the planet is compared to other planets.

The obliquity of a planet refers to...

• How circular or oval the planet's orbit is.

• how much a planet is tilted on it's axis.

• how much wobble there is when a planet rotates

• how odd the planet is compared to other planets.

The precession of a planet refers to...

• How circular or oval the planet's orbit is.

• how much a planet is tilted on it's axis.

• how much wobble there is when a planet rotates

• how odd the planet is compared to other planets.

Cylinders of ice taken from Antarctica's ice caps are called...

• the Vostok Ice Core

• the Greenland ice core

• the McMurdo ice record.

• the ice age timeline.

The time it takes for a planet or moon to spin once on it's axis is known as...

• a period of rotation.

• a year.

• a period of revolution.

• a week.

The time it takes for a planet or moon to orbit the parent body is known as...

• a period of rotation.

• a day.

• a period of revolution.

• a week.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Aphelion is when...

• Earth is closest to the sun.

• the moon is closest to Earth.

• Earth is furthest from the sun.

• the moon is furthest from Earth.

Perihelion is when...

• Earth is closest to the sun.

• the moon is closest to Earth.

• Earth is furthest from the sun.

• the moon is furthest from Earth.

An axis is...

• the path an object takes around another object.

• how long it takes to spin once.

• the imaginary point about with an object spins.

• the amount of tilt there is to a planet.