The photographs below show two types of solar eclipses. Letters A and B represent two celestial objects.

Which two celestial objects are represented by letters A and B?*

Compared to the terrestrial planets, the Jovian planets*

Which event occurred more than 10 billion years ago?*

In 1851, French physicist Léon Foucault used a swinging pendulum to demonstrate that Earth*

Approximately how many degrees does Earth travel in its orbit in one month?*

What is the relative humidity when the drybulb temperature is 16°C and the wet-bulb temperature is 10°C?*

Boarding up windows would be one emergency action most likely taken to prepare for which natural disaster?*

Which diagram best represents the general position and direction of flow of the polar front jet stream in the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months?*

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The diagram below represents four positions of the Moon, labeled A through D, as it orbits Earth.

Which diagram best represents the sequence of Moon phases, as seen by an observer in New York State, when the Moon travels from position A to position D in its orbit around Earth?*

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The diagrams below represent spectral lines of hydrogen gas observed in a laboratory and the spectral lines of hydrogen gas observed in the light from a distant star.

Compared to the spectral lines observed in the laboratory, the spectral lines observed in the light from the distant star have shifted toward the*

The diagram below represents a cross-sectional view of the plane of Earth’s orbit around the Sun. A line drawn perpendicular to the plane of Earth’s orbit is shown on the diagram.

How many degrees is Earth’s rotational axis tilted with respect to the perpendicular line shown in the diagram?*

The larger white dots in the diagrams below represent stars in the constellations Scorpius and Orion. Information indicating when these constellations are visible from New York State is provided below the diagrams.

Which statement best explains why these two constellations are visible in the night sky in the months identified?*

Which table correctly shows the interior temperature, melting point, and state (phase) of matter of the materials located 4000 kilometers below Earth’s surface?*

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Which gas is a greenhouse gas that has increased in Earth’s atmosphere partly as a result of deforestation over the last 100 years?*

Which ocean current brings warm water to the southeastern tip of Africa?*