The Seasons and Celestial Sphere

The Celestial Sphere spins around two points in the sky known as the.....

• North and South Poles.
• Celestial North and Celestial South Poles.
• East and West Points of Light.
• Arctic and Antarctic Points.

What is the name of the star closest to the Celestial North Pole?

• Rigel
• Vega
• Polaris
• Orion

How long does it take a star to get back to the same position in the sky it was the night before?

• 24 hours exactly
• 24 hours and 4 minutes
• 23 hours 30 minutes
• 23 hours 56 minutes

The Celestial Sphere's coordinates are related to what Earth system of coordinates?

• Arctic & Antarctic Circles
• Longitude & Latitude
• Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer
• Sonar systems

What the celestial equivalent of "latitude?" 

• Inclination
• Left Ascension
• Right Ascension
• Declination

Degrees of declination are divided in smaller parts called...

• hours (arc hours).
• minutes (arc minutes).
• seconds (arc seconds).
• milliseconds (arc milliseconds).

What the celestial equivalent of "longitude?" 

• Inclination
• Left Ascension
• Right Ascension
• Declination

Which statement correctly describes the rising and setting of the Sun？

• the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west

• the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east

• the Sun rises in the north and sets in the south

• the Sun rises in the west and sets in the north

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the sun gets higher in the sky, shadows get ______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

When the sun gets lower in the sky, shadows get______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1