First Astonomy Quiz

Question 1

Accelerate

Answer 1

to change velocity; to speed up, slow down, or change direction.

Question 2

apparent magnitude

Answer 2

a measure of how bright a star looks in the sky; the larger the number, the dimmer the star appears to us

Question 3

astrology

Answer 3

the pseudoscience that deals with the supposed influences on human destiny of the configurations and locations in the sky of the Sun, Moon, and planets

Question 4

celestial equator

Answer 4

a great circle on the celestial sphere 90° from the celestial poles; where the celestial sphere intersects the plane of Earth’s equator

Question 5

celestial poles

Answer 5

points about which the celestial sphere appears to rotate; intersections of the celestial sphere with Earth’s polar axis

Question 6

celestial sphere

Answer 6

the apparent sphere of the sky; a sphere of large radius centered on the observer; directions of objects in the sky can be denoted by their position on the celestial sphere

Question 7

circumpolar zone

Answer 7

those portions of the celestial sphere near the celestial poles that are either always above or always below the horizon

Question 8

cosmology

Answer 8

the study of the organization and evolution of the universe

Question 9

ecliptic

Answer 9

the apparent annual path of the Sun on the celestial sphere

Question 10

epicycle

Answer 10

the circular orbit of a body in the Ptolemaic system, the center of which revolves about another circle (the deferent)

Question 11

geocentric

Answer 11

Ideology that the solar system orbited around the earth.

Question 12

heliocentric

Answer 12

Ideology that the solar system orbited around the sun.

Question 13

horizon (astronomical)

Answer 13

a great circle on the celestial sphere 90° from the zenith; more popularly, the circle around us where the dome of the sky meets Earth

Question 14

Horoscope

Answer 14

a chart used by astrologers that shows the positions along the zodiac and in the sky of the Sun, Moon, and planets at some given instant and as seen from a particular place on Earth—usually corresponding to the time and place of a person’s birth

Question 15

parallax

Answer 15

the apparent displacement of a nearby star that results from the motion of Earth around the Sun

Question 16

planet

Answer 16

today, any of the larger objects revolving about the Sun or any similar objects that orbit other stars; in ancient times, any object that moved regularly among the fixed stars

Question 17

precession (of Earth)

Answer 17

the slow, conical motion of Earth’s axis of rotation caused principally by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun on Earth’s equatorial bulge

Question 18

retrograde motion

Answer 18

the apparent westward motion of a planet on the celestial sphere or with respect to the stars

Question 19

year

Answer 19

the period of revolution of Earth around the Sun

Question 20

zenith

Answer 20

the point on the celestial sphere opposite the direction of gravity; point directly above the observer

Question 21

zodiac

Answer 21

a belt around the sky about 18° wide centered on the ecliptic

Question 22

How the solar system came to be

Answer 22

1. Big Bang occurs- solid matter is created and pieces collide and stick to form stars and the solar system.
2. The sun forms- Massive dust clouds start to spin fast enough to accumulate gas which helped formed the sun.
3. Inner Planets were formed- Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth.
4. Outer Planters are formed- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
5. Earth collides with planet theia to make the moon.
6. Earth begins to cool down- asteroids bombard the earth and dent it up, the collision causes the heat to die down. Causes water for form.
   7.Landmasses on the earth begins to form due to volcanic erupts.
7. Life forms begins on earth due to chemicals evolving into bacteria and oxygen(atmosphere) being produced.
8. Continents divided
9. Ice age forms

Question 23

Rotation

Answer 23

Movement in a circular path about a fixed point(axis)
IS either clockwise or counterclockwise.
Dust and debris from the earth’s formation gravitated towards its core in a pattern of an enertial circle.
Causes the apparent flattening of the earth.

Question 24

Relativity

Answer 24

Because we are moving(with the earth) in a circular path, everything that appears to follow a straight line is actually curved while everything that is straight is actually a curved line.

Question 25

Natural movement is always:

Answer 25

Circular

Question 26

Layers of the atmosphere

Answer 26

Troposphere- the sky
Stratosphere- the ‘upper’ sky
Mesosphere- the ‘glow’ of the earth(to high for planes)
Thermosphere- orbit zone(where satellites orbit)
Exosphere- the beginnings of space,

Question 27

Copernican Theory/model

Answer 27

A model made by a Greek philosopher who believed that the planets orbited around the sun.

Question 28

Ptolemaic’s Theory/model

Answer 28

A made by a philosopher that believed that the planets orbited around the earth.

Question 29

Location on earth is measured by:

Answer 29

Longitude and Lagitude

Question 30

Location of the night sky is measured by:

Answer 30

Altitude and the Azamith

Question 31

Super cluster(or cluster)

Answer 31

A collection of several galaxies, galaxy groups, and dark matter.

Question 32

Asteroid

Answer 32

A broken off piece of rock from earth that has no gas atmosphere

Question 33

Comet

Answer 33

A broken off piece of rock from earth that has a gas atmosphere, that when it crashes into earth, provides more oxygen.

Question 34

Andromeda

Answer 34

The galaxy closest and next to the milky way galaxy and the easiest to see on earth.

Question 35

Perihelion

Answer 35

When planets are the closest point to the sun.
Strange astronomical anomalies occur here.

Question 36

Aphelion

Answer 36

When planets are the farther point away from the sun.

Question 37

electricity

Answer 37

how far off a planet was pulled from it’s originally orbit.

Question 38

Apogee

Answer 38

When the moon is at the farthest point away from the earth.