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



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