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Quiz: What do you know about the solstice?

25.06.202223.06.2022

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Welcome to your What do you know about the solstice?

The summer solstice in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres:

occurs simultaneously

occurs with a difference of 12 hours

occurs with a difference of 6 months

Three months after the summer solstice comes:

autumnal equinox

spring equinox

winter solstice

During the summer solstice, the maximum:

the Sun declination

the Earth elongation

the Moon occultation

The height of the Sun above the horizon at noon during the summer solstice depends on:

the latitude of the area

the longitude of the area

the altitude of the area

During the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the Earth is located:

near the farthest point of the orbit from the Sun

at the point of orbit closest to the Sun

leaves orbit and begins the festival

At latitude 50 degrees during the summer solstice:

full darkness does not come at night

twilight does not come

both twilight and darkness come

How are the phases of the Moon related to the solstice?

There is always a full moon during the solstice

There is always a New Moon during the solstice

Not related at all

Where does the Sun not set at all during the summer solstice?

Beyond the arctic circle of the same hemisphere

In the tropics

In the highlands

Time’s up

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