Introduction Test

Question 1

What is the revolution of the earth around the sun called?

Answer 1

orbit

Question 2

What is the slow wobble of the Earth’s axis called - it is due to the influence of the moon?

Answer 2

Precession

Question 3

What is the recognizable patterns of stars in the sky - there are 88 of them.

Answer 3

constellations

Question 4

What is a large glowing ball of gas that generates heat and light through nuclear fusion?

Answer 4

star

Question 5

What are recognizable patterns in the sky that are not one of the 88 constellations?

Answer 5

asterism

Question 6

What is the portion of the entire universe that we can potentially see called?

Answer 6

observable

Question 7

What is the time of year when the sun it at the LOWEST altitude in the sky?

Answer 7

winter solstice

Question 8

What are moderately large objects that orbit a star - these are rocks, icy or gaseous?

Answer 8

planet

Question 9

What is the sum total of all matter and energy - everything between and within all the galaxies?

Answer 9

Universe

Question 10

What are relatively small and rocky objects that orbit a star?

Answer 10

comet

Question 11

What is an object that orbits a planet?

Answer 11

moon

Question 12

What is the spin of the earth on its axis?

Answer 12

rotation

Question 13

What time of year is when the sun is at the HIGHEST altitude in the sky?

Answer 13

summer solstice

Question 14

What is an imaginary sphere that surrounds the earth and is used to “map” the stars in the sky?

Answer 14

celestial sphere

Question 15

What is it when the sun is at its highest point in the sky for any given location?

Answer 15

local noon

Question 16

What is another name for the first day of spring?

Answer 16

vernal equinox

Question 17

What is the closest star to the earth?

Answer 17

Sun

Question 18

What are constellations that can be found on the equator of the celestial sphere?

Answer 18

zodiac

Question 19

What is the study of the universe?

Answer 19

astronomy

Question 20

What are some reasons we have seasons on earth?

Answer 20

the elliptical orbit of the earth

the tilt of the earth

Question 21

What is the name of the North Star?

Answer 21

Polaris

Question 22

What is the name of the wobbling of the earth’s tilt?

Answer 22

precession

Question 23

What are time zones determined by?

Answer 23

local noon

Question 24

What is the altitude of the north star?

Answer 24

The same as your latitude above the equator

Question 25

What does the axis of the earth ALWAYS point to?

Answer 25

Polaris

Question 26

The stars will rise on the ________ horizon.

Answer 26

East

Question 27

What is the average distance from the sun to the earth measured in?

Answer 27

astronomical units

Question 28

What has the GREATEST effect on you getting a sunburn?

Answer 28

the height or angle of the sun in the sky

Question 29

What is the term for the distance light can travel in one year?

Answer 29

a light year

Question 30

What effects you getting a sunburn?

Answer 30

1. the direct of the tilt of the earth
2. how close you are to the equator
3. the angle of the sun in the sky

Question 31

At what angle does the sun need to be located before you have to be worried about getting sunburn?

Answer 31

above 45*

Question 32

Why is the first day of summer the “longest” day?

Answer 32

The sun is at its highest point in the sky at local noon

Question 33

Your altitude is the same as WHAT in degrees above the equator?

Answer 33

the altitude of the north star

Question 34

What is used to measure the huge distances between objects in the universe?

Answer 34

light years.