Does Earth Move
What is the theory that the earth is at the center of the solar system?
a. heliocentric
b. geocentric
c. retrograde motion
b. geocentric
True or False? The earth is a perfect sphere.
False.
Bonus points: name the shape that Earth is.
Which of these was a clock used by ancient astronomers?
a. sun dials
b. water clocks
c. sand clocks
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
The magnitude of a star is a measure of its relative ___________________.
a. distance
b. brightness
c. size
b. brightness
What is the color of an emerald?
green
What is the theory where the sun is the center of the solar system?
a. heliocentric
b. geocentric
c. retrograde motion
What do scientists call the effect of moving matter to continue moving in the same direction? (Think about the cannon ball revolving around earth, it keeps going until something interrupts its path)
a. gravity
b. inertia
c. ecliptic
What is the ability of a telescope to bring out details in an image?
a. magnification
b. resolution
c. chromatic aberration
b. resolution
How do astronomers tell whether a star has moved?
a. maps
b. drawings
c. photographs
c. photographs
Which state is famous for Hollywood?
California
Johannes Keppler determined mathematically that the orbits of the planet are....
a. eccentric
b. circular
c. elliptical
c. elliptical
What kind of wind pattern is observed on earth?
a. diagonal
b. straight
c. curved
c. curved
Who was the inventor of the reflector telescope?
a. Newton
b. Galileo
c. Lipperhey
a. Newton
True or False? Open clusters usually appear to be a single star.
False. --> Globular clusters
What kind of animal is Abu in Aladdin?
monkey
Who was the first person to use a telescope for astronomy?
a. Tycho
b. Galileo
c. Newton
What is the apparent path of the sun among the stars?
a. ecliptic
b. elliptic
c. circular
a. ecliptic
What is an example of a nonoptical telescope?
a. composite telescope
b. refracting telescope
c. radio telescope
c. radio telescope
What galaxy is our solar system in?
a. Milky Way
b. Orion
c. Pleiades
a. Milky Way
What is the largest mammal in the world?
Who discovered the law of universal gravitation (gravity)?
a. Tycho
b. Galileo
c. Newton
c. Newton
What is the apparent shift of nearby stars as earth's position (think of pointing at an object on the wall and closing each eye)?
a. revolution
b. rotation
c. parallax
c. parallax
When was the Hubble Space Telescope placed into orbit?
a. October 1990
b. April 1990
c. April 1992
b. April 1990
Who suggested the possibility of black holes but didn't believe they existed?
a. Newton
b. Einstein
c. Galileo
b. Einstein
What is the smallest state in the USA?
Rhode Island