Vocabulary: Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun

In astronomy, the angle between an object in the sky and the horizon is called _________.

• Altitude

• Azimuth

• Declination

• Right Ascension

Fill in the blank: An imaginary line around which an object rotates is known as _________.

• Axis

• Equator

• Orbit

• Meridian

Fill in the blank: The compass direction of a celestial object is referred to as _________.

• Azimuth

• Altitude

• Latitude

• Longitude

Fill in the blank: One of the two days of the year in which the length of the day is equal to the length of the night is called _________.

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Perihelion

• Aphelion

Fill in the blank: The line along which the sky and the Earth appear to meet is called the _________.

• Horizon

• Equator

• Meridian

• Zenith

Fill in the blank: A location’s angular distance north or south of the equator is known as _________.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Altitude

• Meridian

Fill in the blank: The movement of an object around another object is called _________.

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Translation

• Oscillation

Fill in the blank: The spinning of an object around an axis is known as _________.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Translation

• Oscillation

Fill in the blank: One of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest apparent distance north or south is called _________.

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Zenith

• Nadir

True of False: Earth’s axis runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• True

• False