AstroLabWeek7 - Objectives: The purpose of this lab is to...

Objectives: The purpose of this lab is to get you to understand the phases of the moon and the relatio
I. Night and Day
Cresent
For the first section of this lab you will be pretending that your head is the Earth (the North Pole will be
bulb will be the Sun.
SETUP: (Yes you really need to do this -- but don't worry, it's fun, and easy!) You will need a fairly dark
you are standing or sitting. A single bright, uncovered light bulb works best.
1.
Stand (or sit) facing the light bulb (Sun). The diagram below illustrates this setup as seen from above y
locations indicates the position of a person who lives on the end of your nose?

2.
Which of the lettered locations indicates the position of a person who lives on your left ear?
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Let's say you wanted to shade in the night side of Earth in the above diagram. Which of the numbered
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