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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The angular distance of a celestial object above the horizon.
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Anything outside Earth’s atmosphere.
3
Equal for all locations on the same meridian (line of longitude).
4
A fixed point.
5
Out of roundness.
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The amount of time to go once around the sun.
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Made up of a star and all the objects that revolve around it.
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A deflection of materials caused by Earth’s rotation.
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A large grouping of stars.
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Earth-centered.
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A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky.
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Rising and falling of the oceans caused by the moon’s gravitational attraction to the Earth.
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Also called a shooting star.
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Occurs when celestial objects move into another’s shadow.
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A closed curve around two points.
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The brightness of an object.
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A solid rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun.
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Everything that exists.
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Compared to a dirty snowball.  Has a tail when gets too close to the sun.
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Sun-centered.
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A device which provides evidence that the Earth rotates.
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An apparent change in wavelength caused by a change in distance between two objects.
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Spinning on an axis.
 
   



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