Chapter 1 Terms

Question 1

Annular Eclipse

Answer 1

An eclipse in which the body in front does not completely cover the other

Question 2

Celestial Equator

Answer 2

Imaginary line of the celestial sphere lying exactly above the Earth’s equator and it divides the celestial sphers into Northtern and Southtern Hemisphere

Question 3

Celestial Poles

Answer 3

Imaginary point on the celestial sphere directly above the Earth’s North or South Pole

Question 4

Constellation

Answer 4

Grouping of stars in the night sky

Question 5

Eclipse Season

Answer 5

Time of year when eclipses are possible at any given eclipse season and are separated by 6 months

Question 6

Ecliptic

Answer 6

The path that the sun appears to make aroud the celestial sphere as the Earth moves along its orbit

Question 7

Equinox

Answer 7

The time of year when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator and the number of day and night are equal

Question 8

Horizon

Answer 8

The line that seperates the sky from the ground

Question 9

Lunar Eclipse

Answer 9

When the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon

Question 10

Phase

Answer 10

The change of the moon

Question 11

Precession

Answer 11

The slow change of direction of the pole (Rotation Axis)

Question 12

Rotation Axis

Answer 12

An imaginary line through the center of a body in which the body spins

Question 13

Solar Eclipse

Answer 13

When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth and the Moon blocks off the sun

Question 14

Solistice

Answer 14

The beginning of winter and summer