ASTRO 101 QUIZ 3 - BOLD ANSWERS

1. What do astronomers call the apparent path of the Sun?
a. Precession b. Retrograde c. Zodiac d. Ecliptic 

2. The daily motion of the sky is referred to as ______ motion.
 a. Circumpolar b. Diurnal c. Annual d. Precession

3. Where, on the Earth, would you have to be standing in order to observe perpendicular Diurnal paths of the stars?
a. The Equator b. The Poles c. an intermediate latitude, like Santa Rosa d. Dodger Stadium

4. Occasionally the motion of a planet appears to be “backwards”. What do astronomers call this backward motion?
a. Precession b. Retrograde c. Zodiac d. Ecliptic

5. The ____________ is a band of 13 constellations through which the Sun, Moon and planets travel in a year.
a. Precession b. Retrograde c. Zodiac d. Ecliptic

6. Where, on the Earth, would you have to be standing in order to observe parallel Diurnal paths of the stars?
a. The Equator b. The Poles c. an intermediate latitude, like Santa Rosa d. Dodger Stadium

7. The yearly motion of the sun is referred to as ________ motion.
 a. Circumpolar b. Diurnal c. Annual d. Precession

8. Stars that are always above the horizon are referred to as ________ stars.
 a. Circumpolar b. Diurnal c. Annual d. Precession

9. Where, on the Earth, would you have to be standing in order to observe that none of the stars are rising or setting….
 They are all circumpolar.
a. The Equator b. The Poles c. an intermediate latitude, like Santa Rosa d. Dodger Stadium

10. The 26,000 year motion of the axis of the Earth spinning around, such as the wobble of a spinning top.
a. Precession b. Retrograde c. Zodiac d. Ecliptic