
Celestial Sphere
Authored by Lisa Thompson
Science
12th Grade
NGSS covered
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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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