General Science I (Unit 3 Vocab)

superstitious or religious practice of using the stars for personal guidance

• astrology

• astronomy

• Milky Way

• solar system

scientific study of the celestial bodies

• astrology

• astronomy

• Milky Way

• solar system

galaxy made up of billions of stars which appears as a band of faint light stretching across the night sky

• astrology

• astronomy

• Milky Way

• solar system

the sun and all its planets, satellites, comets, and other heavenly bodies that revolve around it

• astrology

• astronomy

• Milky Way

• solar system

according to appearances; that which appears to be

• apparent

• axis

• celestial

• wanderer

• zodiac

straight line about which an object turns or seems to turn

• apparent

• axis

• celestial

• wanderer

• zodiac

of the sky

• apparent

• axis

• celestial

• wanderer

• zodiac

name given to the planets by the ancients because they appeared to wander among the stars

• apparent

• axis

• celestial

• wanderer

• zodiac

imaginary belt extending about 8° on both sides of the path of the sun, moon, and major planets

• apparent

• axis

• celestial

• wanderer

• zodiac

group of stars having a certain pattern or shape

• constellation

• cosmology

• North Star

• summer triangle

• zenith