Stars
Which stars seem to have color?
What is the brightest stars
How many constellations are recognized officially by the International Astronomical Union?
What is 88?
T/F: Earth is approximately 13,000 km in diameter.
What is true?
T/F: The Moon moves slowly against the background of the constellations.
What is false?
A completely eclipsed Moon
What is totality?
The stars in any constellation are given Greek letters in order of their _____
What is brightness?
Which prominent constellation was seen as a hunter with arms raised?
What is Orion?
What is Earth’s distance from the Sun?
What is 1.0 AU?
What is a new moon?
What is the lunar phase in which sunlight illuminates only the far side of the Moon?
A solar eclipse can only occur when the Moon is ____
What is new?
How can you easily identify the planets among the stars in the night sky?
What is they don't twinkle?
Which pattern of stars makes up the haunches and tail of Ursa Major, the Big Bear?
What is the big dipper?
Which best represents 7,596,000,000 kilometers in scientific notation?
What is 7.596 × 10^9 km?
What does a waning crescent moon mean?
What is the changing Moon between third quarter and new moon?
How many times does the Moon cross the ecliptic each month?
What is twice?
Where could you stand, so that every star in the sky is eventually visible?
What is on the equator?
How long does it take for the celestial sphere to spin in one complete cycle?
What is one day?
What unit of measurement is used to describe extraordinary large distances, such as the distance of other stars from our own?
What is light years?
What unit would best describe the linear diameter of a planetary body?
What is kilometers?
The region of partial shadow where sunlight is dimmed
What is penumbra?
Hipparchus' system of magnitudes had the brightest stars classified as _____
What is 1st magnitude?
Polaris sits very close to _____
What is the north celestial pole?
Which of these planets is approximately the same size as Earth?
What is Venus?
What is the length of time half of the Moon stays in sunlight per full rotation?
What is two weeks?
At what point is the Moon closest to Earth?
What is perigee?