Terms
Stars
Miscellaneous
100
The study of the universe.
What is astronomy
100
Sections of the stars that contain recognizable star patterns
What is a constellation
100
Scientists do this to avoid interference with the atmosphere.
What is putting telescopes in space
200
The time required for the earth to orbit once around the sun.
What is year
200
True or false : each constellation shares a border with its neighboring constelltion.
What is true
200
What are two reasons earths atmosphere affects the telescopes.
What is air pollution and light pollution.
300
Around the amount of time for the moon to orbit once around the earth
What is a month
300
The angle between the object and the horizon.
What is altitude
300
The most common type of telescope.
What is optical
400
The time required for the earth to rotate once on its axis
What is a day
400
Stars that can be seen at all times of the year and all times of night.
What is circumpolar
400
What instrument describes the location of a star or a planet.
What is an astrolabe
500
An instrument that collects electromagnetic radiation from the sky and concentrates it for better observation.
What is telescope
500
The unit of length equal to the distance that light travels in one year
What is light year
500
The line where the sky and the earth appear to meet
What is the horizon
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