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12th Grade

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Celestial Sphere
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The celestial sphere is divided into eat and west hemispheres by lines that run from pole to pole called ___.

parallels

meridians

ecliptic

equator

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The celestial sphere turns once around each day because

the planet on which we live is rotating

the Earth is going around the Sun

the phases of the Moon

precession

everything in the universe turns around the Earth

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Let's say we find a star that is located on the points or circles in the sky listed in the answer choices below. Then, on the same night, we move to a location on Earth that is some significant distance from our first location. There will now be a different star at or on:

the celestial north pole

the zenith

the celestial equator

the celestial south pole

all of the above

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The south celestial pole and the north celestial pole lie in the sky directly above

the Earth's equator

the observer's zenith

the ecliptic

the Earth's axis

the town of Bayonne, New Jersey

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

5. On the celestial sphere, halfway between the celestial poles lies the

horizon

zenith for all observers

celestial equator

path of the Sun on any given day

celestial hungarian

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Someone who observes the sky every clear night in Boston for many years will NEVER get to see:

the south circumpolar zone

the north celestial pole

the observer's zenith point

the north circumpolar zone

the Big Dipper

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

15. The Sun's apparent path around the celestial sphere is called

the horizon

the circumpolar zone

the celestial equator

the celestial hot-zone

the ecliptic

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