Astronomy Unit Test
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
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| Ellipse | The shape of the Earth's orbit
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| Equator | The 0 degrees line of latitude that runs across the Earth, separating the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
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| Prime Meridian | The 0 degrees line of longitude that runs around the Earth, separating the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
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| Antarctic Circle | 63.5 degrees south
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| Arctic Circle | 63.5 degrees north
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| Tropic Of Capricorn | 23.5 degrees south
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| Tropic Of Cancer | 23.5 degrees north
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| Latitude | The imaginary lines that run East and West, but separate the North and the South.
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| Longitude | The imaginary lines that run North to South, but separate the East and West
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| Orbit | The path the Earth takes to travel around the sun
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| Rotation | The act of Earth turning around its own axis
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| Revolution | The act of Earth moving around the sun
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| Terminator | The line that separates the area of light (day) and dark(night)
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| Axis | The imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth
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| Time Zones | The different areas that separate when the time change by adding an hour if you are traveling to the right of a map/globe, and subtracting an hour by moving to the left of a map/globe
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| Winter Solstice | Marks the beginning of winter. Occurs around Dec. 21
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| Summer Solstice | Mark the beginning of summer. Occurs around June 21
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| Autumnal Equinox | Mark the beginning of Fall. Occurs around September 21
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| Vernal Equinox | Marks the beginning of Spring. Occurs around March 23
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| Indirect Rays | Sun rays that don't hit the Earth full on
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| Direct Rays | Sun rays that hit the Earth full on
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