Celestial Sphere

If the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, what season would they be experiencing?

• Spring

• Summer

• Winter

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Earth is to longitude as the celestial sphere is to

• declination

• right ascension

What causes the seasons?

• The distance from the Earth to the sun

• The tilt of the Earth

• The revolution of the Earth around the sun

• Both the tilt of the Earth and revolution around the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

True or false, the tilt of the Earth changes with the seasons.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

State the day represented by Sun's Path Z.

• September 23
• December 21
• March 20
• June 21

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name the point directly above an observers head

• North Celestial Pole

• Nadir

• Zenith

• Polaris

An imaginary dome of the sky onto which all celestial objects such as stars, moons and planets can be plotted.

• Sun

• Celestial Sphere

• Apparent Motion

• Real Motion

What is the celestial equator?

• A band of constellations through which the planets and sun appear to move.

• The line that the sun traces across the celestial sphere.

• An imaginary line in the sky directly above Earth's equator.

• An imaginary line running north-south through the zenith

What is the Sun's path through the celestial sphere called?

• meridian

• declination

• ecliptic

• right ascension

What are constellations used for in modern astronomy?

• Telling the future

• Naming all terrain vehicles

• Retelling mythological stories

• Locating objects, generally, in the sky