Activity 3: Where on Earth Are You?
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Post-3.1: One should make travel plans to places lying
in this region on Earth to have the Sun at the zenith on
the summer solstice in June.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Antarctic Circle
equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
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Post-3.1: One should make travel plans to places lying
in this region on Earth to have the Sun at the zenith on
the summer solstice in June.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Antarctic Circle
equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
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Post-3.2: True or False: On the dates of the equinoxes,
only those living on the equator have 12 hours of
daylight and 12 hours of night.
a. true
b. false
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Post-3.2: True or False: On the dates of the equinoxes,
only those living on the equator have 12 hours of
daylight and 12 hours of night.
a. true
b. false
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Post-3.3: True or False: While the Sun’s altitude in the
sky changes by 47° between the winter and summer
solstices, it always rises due east and sets due west at the
equator.
a. true
b. false
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Post-3.3: True or False: While the Sun’s altitude in the
sky changes by 47° between the winter and summer
solstices, it always rises due east and sets due west at the
equator.
a. true
b. false
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Post-3.4: The Sun is positioned in the constellation of
Virgo at the autumnal equinox. If we were able to
somehow turn off the Sun, the constellation of Virgo
would pass through the zenith for people living on the
a.
b.
c.
d.
equator.
Tropic of Cancer.
Tropic of Capricorn.
Arctic Circle.
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Post-3.4: The Sun is positioned in the constellation of
Virgo at the autumnal equinox. If we were able to
somehow turn off the Sun, the constellation of Virgo
would pass through the zenith for people living on the
a.
b.
c.
d.
equator.
Tropic of Cancer.
Tropic of Capricorn.
Arctic Circle.
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Post-3.5: True or False: When it is the summer solstice
for people living in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the
winter solstice for people living in the Southern
Hemisphere.
a. true
b. false
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Post-3.5: True or False: When it is the summer solstice
for people living in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the
winter solstice for people living in the Southern
Hemisphere.
a. true
b. false
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This concludes Activity 3: Where on Earth Are You?
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