Astronomer
This astronomer had an apple fall on his head.
Isaac Newton.
This civilization aligned 3 large pyramids with the North Star
Ancient Egypt
What is a baby kangaroo called?
A joey.
He challenged the geocentric model and proposed that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
What is a heliocentric system?
The belief that the solar system revolves around the sun.
This civilization developed two precise calendars that we still use today.
Ancient Maya
In The Emperor's New Groove, what is Kuzco turned into?
A talking lama
What happened when Galileo was brought to trial in 1633?
Threatened with death unless he withdrew his “heresies,” Galileo agreed to publicly state that the Earth stood motionless at the center of the universe. “Nevertheless,” he is said to have muttered as he left the court, “it does move.”
Claudius Ptolemy was the first to state that the solar system was organized in this format when he stated in his book the Almagest. This was believed for the next 1500 years.
He believed a geocentric view of the solar system.
This civilization recorded the first solar eclipse.
China
What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
This astronomer refined the solar model by stating that the planets moved in elliptical orbits rather than circular.
Johannes Kepler
In our debate it was stated that Kepler murdered Brahe using this specific poison
Mercury Poisoning
This civilization invented the Zodiac Calender
Ancient China
What is the longest river in Africa?
The Nile
This Astronomer discovered the planet Jupiter
Galileo
What type of math did Newton invent?
Calculus
This civilization invented the astrolabe
to identify the time of sunrise and
sunset, and the length of the day, and to locate
celestial objects in the sky.
Ancient Greece
What is Batman’s real name?
Bruce Wayne