ASTRONOMY (correct answers)

ASTRONOMY (correct answers)
Astronomy correct answers is the science that studies the composition, position, and
movements of all objects in space.

Astronomer correct answers a scientist who studies astronomy

constellations correct answers a pattern of stars arranged as a mythical figure or animal

asterism correct answers are parts of constellations. The big dipper is part of the
constellation ursa major

circumpolar constellation correct answers a constellation always in the night sky
because it the North Pole Points towards it.

Copernicus correct answers suggested sun is the center of our solar system

rotation correct answers the spinning of an object around an imaginary axis.

photoperiod correct answers the number of hours of daylight

galileo correct answers constructed accurate telescopes and discovered moons and
rings around planets.

aphelion correct answers earth is farthest away from the sun (July 4)

kepler correct answers created laws of planetary motion

perihelion correct answers earth is closest to the sun (Jan 3)

precession correct answers the change in direction of the Earth's axis

equinox correct answers when the sun is above and below the horizon an equal amount
of time

corona correct answers the part of the sun that is visible during a complete solar
ecllopse. The outer atmosphere of the sun.

geocentric correct answers the view that the earth is the center of the universe

solar eclipse correct answers the type of eclipse that occurs when it is sun, moon, earth

spring tide correct answers very strong tides, very high and very low, when the
sun,earth and moon are lined up

solstice correct answers when the sun is at the highest and lowest positions in the sky

, winter solstice correct answers the day with the least hours of sunlight

summer solstice correct answers the day with the most hours of sunlight

revolution correct answers the motion of an object around another object (a year)

retrograde motion correct answers the apparent slowing, reversal and looping of a
planet in its path across the sky

lunar eclipse correct answers Eclipse when it is sun, earth , moon

heliocentric correct answers the view that the sun is the center of the solar system

seasons correct answers Caused by the tilt of the earth's axis

tides correct answers caused by the gravitational pull between the earth and the moon
and the sun.

neap tides correct answers weak tides, when the sun and moon are perpendicular to
eachother with respect to the sun.

outer planet correct answers one of the four planets furthest from the sun, the gas
giants, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

gas giant correct answers most of the planet is made up of gasses, the outer planets
are all gas giants, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Inner planet correct answers The planets closest to the sun; Mercury, Venus, Earth, and
Mars also known as the terrestrial planets

Terrestrial planet correct answers one of the dense rocky planets nearest to the sun;
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Asteroid correct answers any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and
metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)and are
too small to be called planets

meteorite correct answers large meteors that reach the earth's surface and hit the
surface

meteor correct answers A STREAK OF LIGHT in the sky produced by the burning of a
meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere, a falling star. It doesn't hit the ground.

comet correct answers frozen chunks of rocks and metalllic particles that orbit the sun in
long elliptical paths