Exam 1. -- Vocab List

You should be familiar with all terms on this list. That is, you should understand them conceptually, and be able to relate them to other ideas. Note that, in many cases, the definitions for these terms given in the glossary are overly complex. The best place to go when studying these terms is the text in Chs. 1-3.

acceleration

astronomical unit

aphelion/apogee

celestial sphere/pole

circumpolar zone

Circle, Arctic & Antarctic

cosmology

crescent/gibbous

declination

eccentricity

eclipse -- lunar & solar

ecliptic

ellipse

epicycle

equinox

focus/foci of ellipse

geocentric

heliocentric

parallax

perigee/perihelion

retrograde motion

right ascension

semimajor axis of ellipse

sidereal day

tides -- spring & neap

Tropic of Capricorn/Cancer

waxing/waning

zenith

zodiac