Crash Course Astronomy #3 In The Sky

How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?

• 1 year

• 364.25 days

• 12 months

• All of these

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Why do the stars appear to move in the sky?

• Because the Earth changes position a little bit each day

• They orbit our sun too

• The sun pulls on all those stars

• They orbit the Earth

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What happens every day with the stars rising and setting in the sky?

• They rise 4 minutes later and set 4 minutes earlier

• They rise 4 minutes earlier and set 4 minutes later

• Nothing

• They rise and set 4 minutes earlier

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What is the imaginary path that the moon, sun, planets take across the sky?

• An eclipse

• The ecliptic

• constellations

• moon dance

The constellations that follow the same path across the sky as the sun are called _________________.

• The zodiac

• zodiark

• zoned out

• nothing

Planet in Greek is ______________.

• wanderer

• walker

• the plan that is it

• nothing

The Earth is tilted and wobbles like a top as it spins.

• True

• False

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The Earth is closer to the sun when it is winter in Michigan.

• True

• False

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What is the first day of spring called?

• vernal equinox

• autumnal equinox

• solstice

• cold

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Ancient humans used the stars to _______________.

• predict the seasons

• learn when they could harvest or plant

• predict when they should move north or south to hunt and gather

• all of these

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