QUESTION 1

1. Do you know what latitude Cincinnati is located on the earth? You can find this for yourself by going outside one night and locating the North star (also called polaris). If you are standing in a location where you can see all the way to the horizon, then you can get your latitude by measuring the angle between the horizon and polaris. To learn how to find the North star, look at the ONR web site: http://www.onr.navy.mil/Focus/spacesciences/observingsky/constellations3.htm If you stretch out your arm in front of you and make a fist, the dstance between the bottom and top of your fist is almost exactly 10 degrees. It takes four fists to reach from the horizon to the North star, and so we are at 40 degrees North latitude. If you were at the North pole, the North star would be at what angle with respect to the horizon?

A.90 degrees

B.45 degrees

C.0 degrees

D.180 degrees