The Apparent Path of the Sun Across the Celestial Sphere

question 55

Multiple Choice

The apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of a year is called the

• A) prime meridian.
• B) ecliptic.
• C) circumpolar plane.
• D) celestial equator.
• E) eclipse.

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Definitions:

Genotype

The genetic makeup of an organism, consisting of both visible and unseen traits, determined by its DNA.

Phenotype

The observable characteristic of an organism that may or may not reflect a particular genotype due to the variable expression of dominant and recessive alleles.

Law Of Independent Assortment

The Mendelian principle that genes controlling different traits are inherited independently of one another.

Mendel

Gregor Mendel, a 19th-century scientist and Augustinian monk known as the father of genetics for his work on the inheritance of traits in pea plants which established the laws of Mendelian inheritance.