When We Say That Jupiter Is at Opposition We Mean

question 105

Multiple Choice

When we say that Jupiter is at opposition we mean that it

• A)is behind the Sun as seen from Earth,so that it appears very close to the Sun in our sky.
• B)is at its greatest western elongation.
• C)it is at the point in its orbit where it is farthest from the Sun.
• D)appears on the opposite side of the sky from the Sun,so that it is on our meridian at midnight.

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Definitions:

Gray Matter

The darker-colored area of the central nervous system; abundant in nerve cell bodies, dendrites, and axon terminals, associated with processing and cognition.

Myelination

The process of forming a myelin sheath around nerves, enabling faster electrical impulse transmission.

White Matter

The part of the nervous system consisting mainly of myelinated neurons' axons, responsible for transmitting impulses between different areas of the central nervous system.

Local Potential

A temporary, localized change in the resting potential of a neuron that makes it more likely or less likely to fire an action potential.