4. A meridian line on the sky


A)
runs parallel to the celestial equator.
B) runs from due east to due west.
C) runs from north to south, through the zenith.
D) is the apparent path of the sun.


 

 5. The apparent annual motion of the sun is


A) negligible with respect to the fixed stars
B) from west to east along the ecliptic
C) from east to west along the celestial equator
D) from west to east along the celestial equator
E) from east to west along the celestial meridian


 

 6. Which of these is not a type of lunar eclipse?


A) total
B) penumbral
C) partial
D) annular


 

 7. Stars appear to move across the sky every night because of



A) the revolution of the earth about the sun
B) the precession of the earth's axis
C) the inclination of the earth's axis to the ecliptic
D) the rotation of the earth on its axis
E) the proper motion of the stars


 

 8. The motion of the celestial pole among the stars



A) Kepler
B) Newton
C) Hipparchus
D) Tycho Brahe
E) Galileo