Refer to the data in the introduction. Rank the seasons for the Northern Hemisphere based on Earth's distance from the Sun when each season begins, from closest to farthest
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Winter, Spring, Fall, Summer
Many people guess that seasons are caused by variations in Earth's distance from the Sun, but if that were the case, we'd expect it to be warmest (summer) when Earth is closest to the Sun. As you can see in the rankings, Earth is actually farthest from the Sun when it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere. We conclude that variations in the Earth-Sun distance from are not the major cause of our seasons.
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1. A current-carrying circular loop and a current-carrying straight wire create very different magnetic fields in the empty space that surrounds them. Even so, the curl of at a distance r from the center of the loop along its axis and the magnitude of the curl the same distance r from the wire’s center have the same numerical value.
In a standing wave, not necessarily at the fundamental frequency, on a string of length L, the distance between nodes is
A. ?/4. B. ?/2. C. ?. D. L/4. E. L/2.
It is likely that both Pluto and Triton were originally ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
An eclipse season is the period of time during which the
a. Moon crosses a node in its orbit. b. Sun crosses a node in the Moon's orbit. c. line of nodes crosses the Moon's orbit. d. Moon is new or full. e. Moon is visible during the day.