With every question a picture is provided to the link of the picture given.
1.The diagram represents the route of a ship traveling from New York City to Miami, Florida. Each night a passenger on the ship observes Polaris. Which statement best describes the observed
LINK: http://i53.tinypic.com/2ppbvwk.gif
changes in the altitude of Polaris made by the passenger during the voyage?
Each night the altitude decreases in the northern sky.
Each night the altitude decreases in the southern sky.
Each night the altitude increases in the northern sky.
Each night the altitude increases in the southern sky.
2.The diagrams represent photographs of a large sailboat taken through a telescope over time as the boat sailed away from shore out to sea. Each diagram shows the magnification of the lenses and the time of day. Which statement best explains the apparent sinking of this sailboat?
LINK: http://i55.tinypic.com/9012ts.gif
The sailboat is moving around the curved surface of Earth.
The sailboat appears smaller as it moves farther away.
The change in density of the atmosphere is causing refraction of light rays.
The tide is causing an increase in the depth of the ocean.
1.The diagram represents the route of a ship traveling from New York City to Miami, Florida. Each night a passenger on the ship observes Polaris. Which statement best describes the observed
LINK: http://i53.tinypic.com/2ppbvwk.gif
changes in the altitude of Polaris made by the passenger during the voyage?
Each night the altitude decreases in the northern sky.
Each night the altitude decreases in the southern sky.
Each night the altitude increases in the northern sky.
Each night the altitude increases in the southern sky.
2.The diagrams represent photographs of a large sailboat taken through a telescope over time as the boat sailed away from shore out to sea. Each diagram shows the magnification of the lenses and the time of day. Which statement best explains the apparent sinking of this sailboat?
LINK: http://i55.tinypic.com/9012ts.gif
The sailboat is moving around the curved surface of Earth.
The sailboat appears smaller as it moves farther away.
The change in density of the atmosphere is causing refraction of light rays.
The tide is causing an increase in the depth of the ocean.