7.1 Vocab Review

Autonomy is the study of what?

• moon

• stars

• objects in space

• all of the above

Rotation is the ____ of a body on its _____.

• spin, axial tilt

• spin, axis

• orbiting, axis

• orbiting, path

The path which Earth follows around the Sun is known as it's what?

• axis

• tilt

• orbit

• revolution

Revolution is the

• action of a heavenly body going around in an orbit

• imaginary line around an object rotates

• angle of a planet’s rotational axis in relation to its orbital plane

• spin of a body on its axis

An imaginary line around an object rotates is known as what?

• axial tilt

• orbit

• rotation

• axis

An equinox occurs ...

• when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun

• when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator

• in the northern hemisphere when the sun is farthest south of the equator

• in the northern hemisphere when the sun is farthest north of the equator

The angle of a planet’s rotational axis in relation to its orbital plane is known as what?

• axial tilt

• orbit

• rotation

• axis

A solstice occurs ...

• when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun

• when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator

• in the northern hemisphere when the sun is farthest south of the equator

• in the northern hemisphere when the sun is farthest north of the equator

In the northern hemisphere when the sun is farthest south of the equator it is known as what?

• A. the shortest day of the year

• B. Winter Solstice

• C. Summer Solstice

• Both A and B

In the northern hemisphere when the sun is farthest north of the equator it is known as what?

• A. the shortest day of the year

• B. Winter Solstice

• C. Summer Solstice

• Both A and C