The Ecliptic

How many constellations make up the zodiac?

• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14

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

• a constellation
• a zodiac
• an ecliptic
• the axis

Which group of highly visible constellations form a belt-like shape around the Earth?

• the Equator constellations
• the Circlet constellations
• the Zodiac constellations
• the Horizon constellations

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

• one hour
• one day
• one month
• one year

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

• hour
• day
• month
• year

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

• hour
• day
• month
• year

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

• the constellations
• the equator
• the ecliptic
• Earth's axis

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

• day
• week
• month
• year

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

• orbiting the Earth
• moving along the ecliptic
• remaining in the same spot
• revolving

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

• the equator
• the ecliptic
• Earth's axis
• an orbit