In what region of Earth would you have to be to have the Sun pass through your zenith at some time during the year?

What will be an ideal response?


within +/- 23.5 degrees of the equator (i.e., in the tropics)

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Double-Slit Interference: A two-slit arrangement with 60.3 ?m separation between the slits is illuminated with 537.0-nm wavelength light. If a viewing screen is located 2.14 m from the slits, find the distance on the screen from the first dark fringe on one side of the central maximum to the second dark fringe on the other side.

A. 57.2 mm B. 38.1 mm C. 76.3 mm D. 26.9 mm

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If all the components of a vector are equal to 1, then that vector is a unit vector

A) True B) False

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The angular measurement in hours, minutes, and seconds from the celestial prime meridian eastward is called _______________

a. sundial b. protractor c. declination d. right ascension

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The ____________________ is the point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer, regardless of where the observer is located on Earth

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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