Astronomy Quiz-GVS Earth Chapter

What is the term for the time required for the Earth to complete one revolution around its axis?

• Year

• Day

• Sidereal Day

• Solstice

What is the angular distance north or south from the equatorial plane of the Earth measured toward the poles called?

• Right Ascension

• Declination

• Prime Meridian

• Equinox

What is the celestial equivalent of longitude?

• Right Ascension

• Declination

• Prime Meridian

• Time Zone

What is the term for one of 88 groups of stars that have been given a name and a design?

• Asterism

• Constellation

• Celestial Sphere

• Solstice

What is the term for the time required for the Earth to complete one revolution around the sun?

• Day

• Sidereal Day

• Year

• Equinox

What is the term for the two days when the sun crosses the celestial plane and day and night are about equal in length?

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Prime Meridian

• Diurnal Cycle

What is the term for the time required for one complete rotation of the Earth in reference to a star?

• Sidereal Day

• Year

• Day

• Solstice

What is the term for one of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator?

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Prime Meridian

• Time Zone

What is the term for zero degrees of latitude, described as a line from the North Pole to the South Pole that passes through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England?

• Right Ascension

• Declination

• Prime Meridian

• Time Zone

What is the term for any of 24 longitudinal divisions of the Earth in which a standard time is kept?

• Time Zone

• Prime Meridian

• Equinox

• Solstice