The Ecliptic

Front

How many constellations make up the zodiac?

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13

Front

A cluster of stars in the sky that are grouped together in a particular pattern is called

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a constellation

Front

Which group of highly visible constellations form a belt-like shape around the Earth? Options: the Equator constellations, the Circlet constellations, the Zodiac constellations, the Horizon constellations

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the Zodiac constellations

Front

Earth rotates on its axis, making a complete turn in

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one day

Front

The Earth revolves around the Sun, making one full trip every _____

Back

year

Front

The Sun sits between the Earth and a different zodiac constellation during any given _____

Back

month

Front

The imaginary line that tracks the Sun's apparent path through space, is called

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the ecliptic

Front

The Sun's apparent path through space, along the ecliptic, is repeated every _____

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year

Front

What's the Sun doing as one zodiac constellation in the night sky moves to the next?

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remaining in the same spot

Front

The path that the zodiac sits upon is what astronomers call

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the ecliptic