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| each exam is worth ohw much? |
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| how many points to make a c or better? |
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| what quote on the syllabus? |
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| what is the arrangemnt from the closest to the furthest distance from earth? (center on milky way, nearest galaxy, sun, moon) |
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| moon, sun, center of mily way, nearest galaxy |
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| how far would you have to move before the constellations would appear to change shape? |
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| if the big dipper is to the right of polaras fifteen min later the big dipper wil appear to move in what direction? |
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| what component of earths motion causes the stars to rise earlier on successive nights? |
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| what physical propert of the earth dives rise to the seasons? |
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| the tilt of its roation axiis to the plane of its orbit |
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| in US on the blue map which x corresponds to the suns shaddow at noon? |
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| B....in the middle towards the top |
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| how often is the sun directly over the earths equator? |
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| if the suns motion along the ecliptic were reversed how would its daily motion appear? |
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| it would continue to rise in the east and set in the west? |
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| why does the moon go throug phaces? |
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| we only see part of the lit up half of the moon depending on its position relative to earth and the sun |
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| if the moon is highest in the sky this morning at 6 am what phase will the moon be in one week from now? |
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