Astrology

Question 1

WHAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE EARTH CALLED?

Answer 1

ASTRONOMICAL UNIT

APPROX. 93 MILLION MILES

Question 2

WHAT IS THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY LIGHT IN ONE YEAR CALLED?

Answer 2

A LIGHT YEAR

APPROX. 5.88 TRILLION MI.

Question 3

WHAT IS A PARASEC?

Answer 3

A unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.25 light years.

Question 4

A FUZZY PATCH OF INTERSTELLAR GASSES AND DUST IS CALLED?

Answer 4

A NEBULA

Question 5

A GROUPING OF STARS THAT MAKE A NOTICABLE PATTERN IS CALLED?

Answer 5

A CONSTELLATION

Question 6

ACCORDING TO THE PLANETESIMAL HYPOTHESIS, WHAT SMALL CELESTIAL BODY HELPED FORM THE PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM?

Answer 6

A PLANETESIMAL

Question 7

WHAT IS A NUCLEAR FUSION?

Answer 7

WHEN 2 NUCLEI COME TOGETHER TO CREATE A NUCLEUS.

Question 8

WHAT IS A PLANET WITHIN ANOTHER PLANET CALLED?

Answer 8

A TERRESTRIAL PLANET

Question 9

THE FOUR OUTTERMOST PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, MUCH BIGGER THAN EARTH ARE ALSO KNOWN AS….

Answer 9

GAS GIANT PLANETS

(JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE)

Question 10

WHAT IS A COMET?

Answer 10

A CELESTIAL BODY THAT MOVES AROUND THE SUN IN AN ORBIT SO FAST THAT IT IS FOLLOWED BY A TRAIL OF DUST.

Question 11

ANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF SMALL BODIES THAT VARY IN SIZE THAT ORBIT AROUND THE SUN ARE CALLED? ALSO KNOWN AS MINOR PLANETS.

Answer 11

ASTERIODS

Question 12

THE TIME RATE OF CHANGE OF ANGULAR POSITION OF A ROTATING BODY, USUALLY EXPRESSED IN RADIANS PER SECOND OR MINUTE?

Answer 12

ANGULAR VELOCITY

Question 13

WHAT IS ORBIT?

Answer 13

THE CURVED PATH TAKEN BY A PLANET AROUND A CELESTIAL BODY SUCH AS THE SUN.

Question 14

ANY SPECIFIED DIVISION OF TIME IS CALLED?

Answer 14

A PERIOD

Question 15

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REVOLVE?

Answer 15

TO MOVE IN A CICULAR COURSE OR ORBIT.

Question 16

THE COMPLETE MOTION OF A PLANET TURNING ON IS AXIS IS CALLED…

Answer 16

A ROTATION.

Question 17

WHAT DOES SIDEREAL DAY MEAN?

Answer 17

OF OR PERTAINING TO THE STARS, AN INTERVAL BETWEEN TO SUCCESSIVE PASSAGES.

Question 18

WHAT IS THE 24-HOUR INTERVAL BETWEEN ONE MIDNIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING MIDNIGHT CALLED?

Answer 18

A SOLAR DAY.

Question 19

WHAT IS A YEAR?

Answer 19

A PERIOD OF 365 OR 366 DAYS DIVIDED INTO 12 MONTHS.

Question 20

WHAT IS AN ACCRETION?

Answer 20

An increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.

Question 21

WHAT IS A LARGE RISE AND FALL OF A TIDE DURING A FULL MOON?

Answer 21

SPRING TIDE.

Question 22

WHAT IS A NEAP TIDE?

Answer 22

Tide that occurs at the first or last quarter of the moon.

Question 24

WHAT IS A COMA?

Answer 24

A STATE OF PROLONGED UNCONSCIOUSNESS.

Question 25

THE ACT OF PRECEEDING SOMETHING IS ALSO KNOWN AS?

Answer 25

PRECESSION.

Question 26

WHAT IS AN ORBIT PLANE?

Answer 26

A PATH ON WHICH TERRESTRIAL BODIES ORBIT ONE ANOTHER.