WorksheetsESS Unit 5 Quizizz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which is the correct definition of ASTROLOGY?
The science of studying the universe
A belief system that correlates movement of celestial bodies with human events and the future
The belief in horoscopes
The theory that the sun revolves around the earth
What is one thing early civilizations did to map out celestial events?
Used a high powered telescope
Built observatories
Built primitive structures such as the pyramids and Stonehenge
Climbed trees
A constellation is...
A pattern of stars in the night sky
An unknown body in space
A group of planets that reflect sunlight
Several moons of any given planet
Ancient Greeks believed there was a _____________________ around the earth that all the stars resided upon.
Projection screen
Gigantic sea turtle
Wall of glass
Celestial Sphere
The ________________ is the path that the sun takes across the sky every year.
Ecliptic
Equatorial path
Zenith
Apex
The sun and moon travel across different constellations yearly, forming what the Ancient Greeks called the ________________.
Zodiac
Valhalla
Horoscopes
Sagittarius
Which of the following is NOT an idea coined by Aristotle?
The earth does not rotate or move.
The earth is a flat surface
Stars rotate on a Celestial Sphere
The earth is the center of the universe
Ptolemy's main theory was that...
The earth rotates
There are other planets in the solar system
The sun rotates around the earth
The oceans are the ends of the world
When mapping the night sky, the earth's equator is called the ____________________
Celestial pole
Celestial Meridian
Celestial Equator
Celestial sphere
The vernal equinox is when ...
The sun crosses the celestial equator at 0 degrees right ascension
The moon crosses the celestial equator
The moon passes in front of the sun
The constellations are rearranged
The sun's path in the sky intersects the celestial equator at ___ points.
4
3
2
1
When I look as far into the distance as I can see, and the earth touches the sky, this is the ___________________.
Zenith
Apex
Vertical
Horizon
The dome of stars that I see overhead at any given time for my location is the ______________________.
Local View
Celestial Sphere
Local Sky
Night Map
The point in the sky directly overhead at any given time is the ________________.
Zenith
Apex
Pinnacle
Parallax
To find stars in the sky, you need...
Azimuth and elevation
Longitude and Latitude
Grid coordinates
Thumb and forefinger
A __________________ is used to measure the elevation (altitude) of objects in the distance
Telescope
Surveyor
Level
Sextant
Polaris is located close to what?
South Celestial Pole
Celestial Meridian
North Celestial Pole
Fist of the North Star
An alpha star is the _____________________ star in a constellation
Uppermost
Brightest
Central
Peripheral
Polaris is the alpha star in what constellation?
Orion
Ursa Minor
Ursa Major
Capricorn
Circumpolar Constellations are unique due to what fact?
They are visible only at dawn
They are visible only during certain times of the year
They are visible during the day
They are visible the entire night
