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Pre-Lab Quiz: Exploration Examinations
Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.
- When facing south, what is the altitude of the Celestial Equator in Iowa City?
- 0 deg
- 23.5 deg
- 42 deg
- 48 deg
- 90 deg
- Which of the following is closest to the angular size of the full Moon?
- 1 deg
- 5 deg
- 10 deg
- 15 deg
- 25 deg
- Which of the following asterisms (star patterns) is located next to the Orion constellation?
- Spring Triangle
- Summer Triangle
- Winter Triangle
- Northern Cross
- Why are the planets Mercury and Venus never up at midnight in Iowa City?