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Unit Two Vocabulary Alejandra Ventura

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Zenith

a)

Point of the celestial sphere that is directly above your head

b)

Point of the celestial sphere that is directly below your feet

c)

As the same plane as the equator

d)

Is concentric to Earth

2.

point of the celestial sphere that is directly below your feet

a)

Celestial Sphere

b)

Nadir

c)

Zenith

d)

Celestial Equator

3.

Is concentric to Earth

a)

Celestial Sphere

b)

Polaris

c)

Celestial Equator

d)

Eclipse

4.

at the same plane as the equator of Earth.

a)

Ecliptic

b)

Celestial Sphere

c)

Celestial Equator

d)

Zodiac constellations

5.

12 constellations that appear within the particular of the sky.

a)

Polaris

b)

Eclipse

c)

Zodiac constellations

d)

Ellipse

6.

North Star under Urs Manor

a)

Ecliptic

b)

Ellipse

c)

Polaris

d)

Kepler

7.

the imaginary plane containing the Earth's orbit around the sun

a)

Ecliptic

b)

Ellipse

c)

Orbit

d)

Aphelion

8.

oval shape in how the planets move around the sun

a)

Orbit

b)

Ellipse

c)

Perihelion

d)

Aphelion

9.

path in which a planet, moon take around the sun.

a)

Polaris

b)

Aphelion

c)

Perihelion

d)

Orbit

10.

the cause of the planets orbiting around the sun.

a)

Gravitational Attraction

b)

Revolution

c)

Rotation

d)

Orbit

11.

point where planet, asteroid is closest to the sun during its orbit.

a)

Zenith

b)

Nadir

c)

Perihelion

d)

Aphelion

12.

point where planet, asteroid is farthest to the sun during its orbit.

a)

Aphelion

b)

Revolution

c)

Angular Momentum

d)

Orbital Eccentricity

13.

time it takes for a planet to rotate AROUND the sun causing the years.

a)

Orbit

b)

Rotation

c)

Revolution

d)

Angular Momentum

14.

uses the equation m*v*r

a)

Laws of Planetary Motion

b)

Orbital Eccentricity

c)

Angular momentum

d)

Apparent Magnitude

15.

laws that describe the orbits of planets around the sun.

a)

Orbital Eccentricity

b)

Laws of Planetary Motion

c)

Angular Momentum

d)

Celestial Sphere

16.

measures how much an objects orbit/ parabola is “squashed”

a)

Solar system

b)

Milky Way Galaxy

c)

Orbital Eccentricity

d)

Apparent Magnitude

17.

consists of planets, suns, moons, meteors, asteroids and comets.

a)

Milky Way Galaxy

b)

Solar System

c)

Kuiper Belt

d)

Oort Cloud

18.

constrains a huge collection of stars, dust and gas along with solar systems.

a)

Kuiper Belt

b)

Oort Cloud

c)

Milky Way Galaxy

d)

Solar system

19.

measures the brightness of a star as seen from earth.

a)

Celestial Object

b)

Absolute Magnitude

c)

Astronomical Units

d)

Apparent Magnitude

20.

measures the brightness of a star is seen at a distance of 10 parsecs.

a)

Apparent Magnitude

b)

Absolute Magnitude

c)

Astronomical Unit

d)

Luminosity

21.

just a natural object in our solar system (outside our atmosphere).

a)

Luminosity

b)

Light year

c)

Celestial object

d)

Astronomical Unit

22.

equals to 149.6 million Kilometers. Used to measure distance between objects from Earth.

a)

Light year

b)

Astronomical Unit

c)

Rotation

d)

Kuiper belt

23.

distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.4607

a)

Luminosity

b)

Light year

c)

Oort cloud

d)

Astronomical Unit

24.

the amount of light emitted by an object in a unit of time.

a)

Rotation

b)

Light year

c)

Kuiper belt

d)

Luminosity

25.

the spinning of a planet on its axis. For Earth, one rotation is one day.

a)

North hemisphere

b)

South hemisphere

c)

Revolution

d)

Rotation

26.

surrounds our solar system and contains icy rocks, minerals, etc.

a)

Kuiper belt

b)

Oort Cloud

c)

Andromeda

d)

Milky Way

27.

surrounds our solar system and contains icy rocks and gassed.

a)

Andromeda

b)

Foggy ring

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Kuiper belt