After the "Time" lecture and readings you should be able to answer and discuss the following questions.
What are seasons?
What are the two factors which control the change of seasons?
What is an Equinox?
What is the subsolar point?
During an Equinox, where is the subsolar point and the circle of illumination?
What are the dates of the Vernal and Autumnal Equinox?
What is a Solstice?
During an Solstice, where is the subsolar point and the circle of illumination?
What are the dates of the Winter and Summer Solstice?
What are the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?
What is the latitude of the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?
What are the Arctic and Antarctic Circles?
What is the latitude of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles?
How do the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the Arctic and Antarctic Circles all relate to the Plane of the Eclpitic?
What percent of the Earth's surface is covered by land? by water?
What is time?
Why is this a difficult concept?
What are the basic units of time keeping from smallest to largest?
What are the origins or basis of the week and the month?
What is Solar Time?
What is an Apparent Solar Day?
How does an Apparent Solar Day differ from a Mean Solar Day?
Of these two, which is more commonly used?
What is Lunar Time?
Compare and contrast a Sidereal Month and a Synodic Month.
How many time zones are there?
What is Geologic Time?
How is Relative Time measured?
What is Absolute Time?
What is Radiometric dating?
What is the Geologic Time Scale?
