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.
2
Rising and falling of the oceans caused by the moon’s gravitational attraction to the Earth.
3
Spinning on an axis.
4
Also called a shooting star.
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Equal for all locations on the same meridian (line of longitude).
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Earth-centered.
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A device which provides evidence that the Earth rotates.
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A closed curve around two points.
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Out of roundness.
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A deflection of materials caused by Earth’s rotation.
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Compared to a dirty snowball.  Has a tail when gets too close to the sun.
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A solid rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun.
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Anything outside Earth’s atmosphere.
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A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky.
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An apparent change in wavelength caused by a change in distance between two objects.
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Occurs when celestial objects move into another’s shadow.
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A fixed point.
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A large grouping of stars.
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Sun-centered.
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The brightness of an object.
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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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Everything that exists.
 
   



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