Chapter 2 Quiz

1. What does the universe look like from Earth?
2. Why do stars rise and set?
3. Why do the constellations we see depend on latitude and time of year?
4. What causes the seasons?
5. How does the orientation of Earth's axis change with time?
6. Why do we see phases of the Moon?
7. What causes eclipses?
8. Why was planetary motion so hard to explain?
9. Why did the ancient Greeks reject the real explanation for planetary motion?
10. When is the Winter Solstice in 2012?