Astronomy Vocabulary Quiz
Using the word bank below, match the words with their correct definitions.  In order to be graded correctly, you must spell the words correctly.  By pushing the "Submit" button at the end of the quiz, you will have your quiz graded. 


Word Bank (copy and paste)
Altitude, Asteroid, Celestial Object, Comet, Constellation, Coriolis Effect, Doppler Effect, Eccentricity, Eclipse, Ellipse, Focus, Foucault Pendulum, Galaxy, Geocentric Model, Heliocentric Model, Local Time, Luminosity, Meteor, Revolution, Rotation, Solar System, Tides, Universe
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Occurs when celestial objects move into another’s shadow.
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Rising and falling of the oceans caused by the moon’s gravitational attraction to the Earth.
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Sun-centered.
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Anything outside Earth’s atmosphere.
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A solid rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun.
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Equal for all locations on the same meridian (line of longitude).
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Made up of a star and all the objects that revolve around it.
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Out of roundness.
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A closed curve around two points.
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Everything that exists.
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Earth-centered.
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Compared to a dirty snowball.  Has a tail when gets too close to the sun.
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The brightness of an object.
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Spinning on an axis.
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An apparent change in wavelength caused by a change in distance between two objects.
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A fixed point.
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The angular distance of a celestial object above the horizon.
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A large grouping of stars.
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A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky.
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Also called a shooting star.
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The amount of time to go once around the sun.
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A deflection of materials caused by Earth’s rotation.
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A device which provides evidence that the Earth rotates.
 
   



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