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Grade 9 Planetary Motion
What is the farthest point from the Sun in a planet's orbit?
  1. albedo
  2. perihelion
  3. aphelion
  4. ellipse
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
To pass in front of the Sun as viewed from Earth.
  1. Albedo
  2. Transit
  3. Ellipse
  4. Aphelion
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
When the Sun is highest in the sky, the time of day is                .
  1. midnight
  2. late evening
  3. early morning
  4. solar noon
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
A slow motion of Earth’s axis that traces out a cone over a period of 26,000 years.
  1. Barycenter
  2. Nutation
  3. Precession
  4. Spring Tide
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
The center of mass between two objects where they balance each other.
  1. Neap Tide
  2. Precession
  3. Barycenter
  4. Nutation
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
Earth's orbit is shaped most like                 .
  1. a line
  2. a sphere
  3. a perfect circle
  4. an oval
Grade 9 Planetary Motion
As the days get shorter in the winter, the Sun is rising
  1. directly west.
  2. north of east.
  3. directly east.
  4. south of east.
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