What are the two great Creations of the Fourth Day referred to?
A. The Great lights
B. The luminaries
C. Aurora Borealis
D. The Lesser lights
What is The Luminaries
100
Which part of the sundial is used to indicate the casting of the sun's shadow?
A. Dial
B. Gnomon
C. Big hand
D. Bevel
What is B. Gnomon
100
Unwanted light that prohibits celestial viewing is referred to as:
A. Night lights
B. Night pollution
C. Moon Shadows
D. Flashlights
What is B. Night pollution
100
The Big Dipper and Cassiopea move _________________ in a circle around the Polaris
A. Clockwise
B. Counter clockwise
What is B. Counter clockwise
100
A number of constellations lie on or near the celestial equator, but the brightest and closest are the stars of __________
A. The big dipper
B. Cassiopea
C. Orion
D. Little dipper
What is C. Orion (specifically Orion's belt so his chest is in the northern hemisphere and the legs are in the southern hemisphere)
200
What are twinkling points of light from celestial bodies very far away located in the dark black sky?
A. Constellations
B. Moon
C. Sun
D. Stars
What is D. Stars
200
True or False- Since ancient times, it has been common to measure the day as twenty-four hours from one sunrise to the next?
What is True
200
The Big Dipper is an asterism that resides in which constellation?
A. Cassiopea
B. Ursa Major
C. Ursa Minor
D. Orion
What is B. Ursa Major
200
Once called the Arctic Circle, the stars in this circle are always visible as they rotate round the North Star
A. Celestial Sphere
B. Northern Circumpolar Circle
C. Southern Circumpolar Circle
What is B. Northern Circumpolar Circle
200
What phase of the moon is seen hanging in the western sky just after sunset?
A. Waxing Crescent
B. Waning Crescent
C. Full Moon
D. Waxing Gibbous
What is A. Waxing Crescent
300
This is the basic unit for telling time
A. Year
B. Month
C. Day
D. Hour
What is C. Day
300
The sun reaches its highest point in the day when it reaches
A. Zenith
B. Meridian
C. Due North
D. Polaris
What is B. Meridian
300
At approximately 8:00 pm in February where is Cassiopea relative to the meridian?
A.East of the meridian
B. West of the meridian
C. At the meridian
What is B. West of the meridian
300
Celestial objects are said to culminate or __________ when they cross the meridian
A. rise
B. set
C. transit
What is C. transit
300
True or False, the waning phases of the moon cannot be seen at all during the evening?
What is True (68)
400
This resource includes tables of the Sun's rising and setting for each day of the year
A. Dictionary
B. Yearbook
C. Almanack
D. Internet
What is C. Almanack
400
A boundary that encircles the earth serving as a border between day and night is called the
A. Meridian
B. Celestial Equator
C. Terminator
D. Twilight
What is C. Terminator
400
What are the two prominent stars found in Orion?
A. Capella and Pollux
B. Pollux and Castor
C. Capella and Betelgeuse
D. Betelgeuse and Rigel
What is D. Betelgeuse and Rigel
400
The meridian, also known as the mid heaven is the circle that defines the middle of the sky, dividing the ________ from the _____________
A. Rising, Setting
B. East, West
C. North, South
D. Both A and B
What is D. Both A and B
400
What is the current phase of the moon today?
What is Waxing Crescent
500
This is the art of finding the time during the day and also at night
A. Skycraft
B. Nightcraft
C. Astronomy
D. Astrology
D.
What is A. Skycraft
500
At noon, shadows point
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. West
What is A. North
500
Which constellation contains the brightest star in the sky?
A. Taurus
B. Orion
C. Canis Major
D. Little Dipper
What is C. Canis Major
500
Also referred to as the equinoctial, this circle divides the celestial sphere into two equal halves, the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
A. Celestial Edge
B. Celestial Equator
C. Equinox
D. The Ecliptic
What is B. Celestial Equator
500
AT what phase of the moon's lunar cycle is it the furthest from the sun?
A. First Quarter
B. Second Quarter
C. New Moon
D. Full Moon