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o 1. Answer the following questions:
What is the earth’s nearest celestial neighbor? _____________________
What is its distance from the earth? ______________________________
What governs the tides? _______________________________________
What causes an eclipse? _______________________________________
What is a shooting star? _______________________________________
o 2. Make a diagram showing relative positions and movements of the earth,
sun, and moon. Show positions and area events for eclipses of the sun
and moon. One may demonstrate by using an orange, walnut, and
marble, or similar objects, to show positions and movements of the
earth, sun, and moon when there is an eclipse of the sun and when there
is an eclipse of the moon.
o 3. Make a diagram of our solar system

Name the planets in order from the sun.

1. ________________________ 6. ___________________________
2. ________________________ 7. ___________________________
3. ________________________ 8. ___________________________
4. ________________________ 9. ___________________________
5. _________________________

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o 4. How fast does light travel? _____________________________________
How far does light travel in a year? ______________________________
o 5. What is the difference between planets and fixed stars?
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Identify in the sky eight fixed stars.
1. ________________________ 5. ___________________________
2. ________________________ 6. ___________________________
3. ________________________ 7. ___________________________
4. ________________________ 8. ___________________________
o 6. What is a constellation? _______________________________________
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Name and point out six.
1. ________________________ 4. ___________________________
2. ________________________ 5. ___________________________
3. ________________________ 6. ___________________________
Name two constellations visible throughout the year.
1. ________________________ 2. ___________________________
o 7. For the Northern Hemisphere: draw a chart of the Big Dipper,
Cassiopeia, and the North Star. For the Southern Hemisphere: draw a
chart of the Southern Cross, Orion and Scorpio.
o 8. What is the Milky Way? Observe the Milky Way in the night sky.
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o 9. What is the morning star and evening star?
Morning star _______________________________________________
Evening star ________________________________________________
Why does it carry both names? _________________________________
Observe the morning and evening star in the sky.
o 10. Explain zenith and nadir.
Zenith ____________________________________________________
Nadir _____________________________________________________
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 o 11. What is the aurora borealis? ____________________________________
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What causes it? _____________________________________________
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o 12. Discuss the statement made by Ellen G. White in Early Writings, page
41, concerning the opening in Orion.
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o 1. Have the Star Honor.
o 2. How can you account for the apparent daily motion of the stars?
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o 3. What are each of the following:
Planet _____________________________________________________
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Meteor ____________________________________________________
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Constellation _______________________________________________
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Satellite ___________________________________________________
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Meteorite __________________________________________________
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Fixed star __________________________________________________
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Comet ____________________________________________________
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Nebula ____________________________________________________
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Sunspot ___________________________________________________
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Identify personally or from pictures an example of each.

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o 4. Define the following terms:
Celestial sphere _____________________________________________
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Horizon __________________________________________________
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Transit ____________________________________________________
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Celestial pole _______________________________________________
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Right ascension _____________________________________________
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Conjunction ________________________________________________
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Celestial equator ____________________________________________
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Declination _________________________________________________
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Ecliptic ___________________________________________________
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o 5. Explain the major difference between a refractor and reflector type of
telescope.
Refractor __________________________________________________
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Reflector __________________________________________________
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Describe an equatorial telescope mounting ________________________
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o 6. Into what colors is sunlight dispersed when passed through a prism?
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In what way are colors of stars used to indicate their temperature?
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o 7. What connection is there between the ecliptic and the vernal and
autumnal equinoxes?
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What dates are usually associated with the equinoxes?
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o 8. Learn the 12 constellations called the signs of the zodiac.
Know the history of the signs of the zodiac.
1. ________________________ 7. ___________________________
2. ________________________ 8. ___________________________
3. ________________________ 9. ___________________________
4. ________________________ 10. ___________________________
5. ________________________ 11. ___________________________
6. ________________________ 12. ___________________________
History ____________________________________________________
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o 9. Identify by there name and point out in the sky the constellations that
can be seen all night long on a clear night in your hemisphere.

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o 10. Name five constellations that are visible between sunset and midnight in
your hemisphere during:
a. The summer months.
b. The winter months.
o 11. At what time of year is the constellation Orion best seen? Locate and
idenify in the sky the three brightest stars of this constellation.
Time of year _______________________________________________
o 12. How are the letters of the Greek alphabet used to name stars in a
constellation?
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Give five illustrations of the use of the letters of the Greek alphabet in
naming the stars of a constellation.
Proper name Constellation name
1. ________________________ _______________________________
2. ________________________ _______________________________
3. ________________________ _______________________________
4. ________________________ _______________________________
5. ________________________ _______________________________
o 13. List the 15 first-magnitude stars and observe the ones that appear in
your area throughout the year.
1. ________________________ 9. ___________________________
2. ________________________ 10. ___________________________
3. ________________________ 11. ___________________________
4. ________________________ 12. ___________________________
5. ________________________ 13. ___________________________
6. ________________________ 14. ___________________________
7. ________________________ 15. ___________________________
8. ________________________
o 14. With the use of a diagram, show the relative positions of the earth and
moon during high and low tides.
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 o 15. Describe the peculiar individual characteristics of the planets in our
solar system.
Mercury ___________________________________________________
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Venus _____________________________________________________
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Earth _____________________________________________________
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Mars ______________________________________________________
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Jupiter ____________________________________________________
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Saturn ___________________________________________________
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Uranus ____________________________________________________
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Neptune ___________________________________________________
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Pluto ______________________________________________________
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Which ones cannot be seen without the aid of a telescope?
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Which two planets are seen only near the hours of sunrise or sunset?
1. __________________________ 2. ___________________________
o 16. Where and in what way does the Bible refer to Orion, the Pleiades, and
Arcturus?
Where What way
Orion _____________________ ____________________________
Pleiades____________________ ____________________________
Arcturus __________________ ____________________________

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