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Question 1. Differentiate between rotation and revolution.
Question 2. What objects travel along the Ecliptic?
Question 3. Why was retrograde motion important is comparing the geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system?
Question 4. Do we see the same features on the moon during the ?rst quarter and third quarter moon? Explain.
Question 5. If you were at the north pole, about what fraction of the stars that you can see would be circumpolar?
Question 6. You get a solar scope for your birthday so that you can safely observe the sun. You want to know what is happening at precisely noon on July 15. What time should you be viewing the sun? Why?
Question 7. Your birthday is in June. What constellations will you be able to view in the night sky on your birthday?
Question 8. Sketch the position of the sun, moon and earth during a ?rst quarter moon.
Question 9. When you are looking at the moon's surface, what is the source of the light?
Question 10. If you were in a spaceship looking down on our solar system and observing the north poles of most of the planets, what motions would you be observing?