Jean Foucault proved that Earth rotated by observing the motion of a(n) ________________.
The four time zones in the continental United States are Eastern, Central, Pacific, and _________.
The apparent shift in the position of nearby stars compared to distant stars as Earth moves around in its orbit is called _________.
Earth turns on its axis once every ____________ hours.
The starting point for the standard time zones is called the __________.
A flight leaves from New York at 9am EDT and arrives in Los Angeles at 11:30am PDT. The flight back requires the same amount of flying time. You leave Los Angeles at 8am PDT. Your arrival time in New York is ________. (Give the time zone and time)
It is 10pm on Sunday night in Chicago. In Japan, the day of the week is ___________.
If it is 10pm just east of the International Date Line, then just to the west of the International Date Line the clock reads ______.
The movement of Earth in it's orbit around the sun is called its ________________.
One reason that ancient astronomers accepted a geocentric solar system was their inability to observe the __________.
The Northern Hemisphere is closest to the sun in the month of _________.
If Earth's axis were not tilted, then the length of the daylight period each day would always be _________.
A traveler moving south from the equator toward the Antarctic Circle in January will discover that the daylight period ____________.
At noon on the equinoxes, the sun passes directly overhead at the ______________.
The autumn equinox occurs on or about ____________.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the shortest day of the year occurs on or about ____________.
Seasonal changes are less dramatic near the ___________.