Front

How many constellations make up the zodiac?

Back

12

Front

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

Back

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

Back

the Zodiac constellations

Front

Earth rotates on its axis, making a complete turn in _____

Back

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 _____

Back

the ecliptic

Front

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

Back

year

Front

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

Back

remaining in the same spot

Front

The path that the zodiac sits upon is what astronomers call _____

Back

the ecliptic