Vocabulary Quiz 4/22

What term is used to describe a scientist who studies celestial bodies and the universe?

• astrologer

• astronomer

• geologist

• biologist

What is the term for a small rocky body orbiting the sun, typically in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?

• comet

• meteor

• asteroid

• planetoid

Which word refers to a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure?

• galaxy

• nebula

• constellation

• cluster

What adjective describes something related to the stars?

• lunar

• solar

• stellar

• cosmic

What term is used to describe things related to the sun?

• lunar

• solar

• cosmic

• galactic

What is the term for either of the two times in the year, the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days?

• equinox

• eclipse

• solstice

• zenith

Which word is used to describe things related to the moon?

• solar

• cosmic

• lunar

• asteroidal

What term historically refers to a person affected by lunacy, a now outdated term for insanity, believed to be tied to the phases of the moon?

• lunatic

• maniac

• eccentric

• psychopath

What is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth called?

• geology

• geography

• ecology

• anthropology

What is the branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space?

• algebra

• calculus

• geometry

• trigonometry