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WorksheetsUnit Two Vocabulary Alejandra Ventura
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Zenith
Point of the celestial sphere that is directly above your head
Point of the celestial sphere that is directly below your feet
As the same plane as the equator
Is concentric to Earth
point of the celestial sphere that is directly below your feet
Celestial Sphere
Nadir
Zenith
Celestial Equator
Is concentric to Earth
Celestial Sphere
Polaris
Celestial Equator
Eclipse
at the same plane as the equator of Earth.
Ecliptic
Celestial Sphere
Celestial Equator
Zodiac constellations
12 constellations that appear within the particular of the sky.
Polaris
Eclipse
Zodiac constellations
Ellipse
North Star under Urs Manor
Ecliptic
Ellipse
Polaris
Kepler
the imaginary plane containing the Earth's orbit around the sun
Ecliptic
Ellipse
Orbit
Aphelion
oval shape in how the planets move around the sun
Orbit
Ellipse
Perihelion
Aphelion
path in which a planet, moon take around the sun.
Polaris
Aphelion
Perihelion
Orbit
the cause of the planets orbiting around the sun.
Gravitational Attraction
Revolution
Rotation
Orbit
point where planet, asteroid is closest to the sun during its orbit.
Zenith
Nadir
Perihelion
Aphelion
point where planet, asteroid is farthest to the sun during its orbit.
Aphelion
Revolution
Angular Momentum
Orbital Eccentricity
time it takes for a planet to rotate AROUND the sun causing the years.
Orbit
Rotation
Revolution
Angular Momentum
uses the equation m*v*r
Laws of Planetary Motion
Orbital Eccentricity
Angular momentum
Apparent Magnitude
laws that describe the orbits of planets around the sun.
Orbital Eccentricity
Laws of Planetary Motion
Angular Momentum
Celestial Sphere
measures how much an objects orbit/ parabola is “squashed”
Solar system
Milky Way Galaxy
Orbital Eccentricity
Apparent Magnitude
consists of planets, suns, moons, meteors, asteroids and comets.
Milky Way Galaxy
Solar System
Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
constrains a huge collection of stars, dust and gas along with solar systems.
Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
Milky Way Galaxy
Solar system
measures the brightness of a star as seen from earth.
Celestial Object
Absolute Magnitude
Astronomical Units
Apparent Magnitude
measures the brightness of a star is seen at a distance of 10 parsecs.
Apparent Magnitude
Absolute Magnitude
Astronomical Unit
Luminosity
just a natural object in our solar system (outside our atmosphere).
Luminosity
Light year
Celestial object
Astronomical Unit
equals to 149.6 million Kilometers. Used to measure distance between objects from Earth.
Light year
Astronomical Unit
Rotation
Kuiper belt
distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.4607
Luminosity
Light year
Oort cloud
Astronomical Unit
the amount of light emitted by an object in a unit of time.
Rotation
Light year
Kuiper belt
Luminosity
the spinning of a planet on its axis. For Earth, one rotation is one day.
North hemisphere
South hemisphere
Revolution
Rotation
surrounds our solar system and contains icy rocks, minerals, etc.
Kuiper belt
Oort Cloud
Andromeda
Milky Way
surrounds our solar system and contains icy rocks and gassed.
Andromeda
Foggy ring
Oort Cloud
Kuiper belt
