Post-5.3: If you subtract the height of the Sun on the meridian at winter solstice from its height at summer solstice, and divide by 2, what do you get? a. The path of the Sun against the constellations of the celestial sphere. b. The tilt of Earth on its rotation axis. c. The number of degrees Earth moves in its orbit each month. ©2014 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 25 Post-5.3: If you subtract the height of the Sun on the meridian at winter solstice from its height at summer solstice, and divide by 2, what do you get? a. The path of the Sun against the constellations of the celestial sphere. b. The tilt of Earth on its rotation axis. c. The number of degrees Earth moves in its orbit each month. ©2014 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 26 Post-5.4: For people living on the equator, how many times during the year does the Sun appear directly overhead? a. b. c. d. once twice four times every day ©2014 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 27 Post-5.4: For people living on the equator, how many times during the year does the Sun appear directly overhead? a. b. c. d. once twice four times every day ©2014 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 28 Post-5.5: For people living on the Tropic of Cancer, how many times during the year does the Sun appear directly overhead? a. b. c. d. once twice four times every day ©2014 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 29 Post-5.5: For people living on the Tropic of Cancer, how many times during the year does the Sun appear directly overhead? a. b. c. d. once twice four times every day ©2014 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 30 Post-5.6: For an observer at the North Pole, what is the highest altitude of the Sun on the summer solstice? a. b. c. d. 11.75° 23.5° 47.0° 70.5° ©2014 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 31 Post-5.6: For an observer at the North Pole, what is the highest altitude of the Sun on the summer solstice? a. b. c. d. 11.75° 23.5° 47.0° 70.5° ©2014 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 32 This concludes Activity 5: Altitudes of Objects on the Meridian at Your Location ©2014 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 33
© Copyright 2024 Paperzz
