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100
Name all 8 planets, starting closest to the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
100
Early humans were known to travel around from place to place never staying long at a specific site. They were known as...
Nomads
100
In their new settlements, people now had more to lose (Crops, property, animals, homes...). They became dependent on natural phenomenon that they could not explain scientifically, so they made up stories oftentimes known as .... that explained these events.
Myths
100
The North Star is also known as
Polaris
100
Although we will concentrate on Western Astronomy in this class, give me one other (nonwestern) civilization that provided the world with overwhelming amounts of astronomical knowledge.
Chinese
Indian
Mesopotamian
Egyptian
100
What two teams played in the SuperBowl this year?
Seattle Seahawks & New England Patriots
200
The Earth has a satellite. We call it THE...
Moon
200
The idea of settling down came mostly from the discovery of this...
Agriculture
200
In Greek Mythology, which god is associated with the sun?
Apollo
200
If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, the sun rises in the...
East
200
Aristotle contested that everything was made of 5 elements: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth and a 5th element that made up the heavens. What is the name of this 5th element?
Aether
200
What is the capital of Puerto Rico?
San Juan
300
The Seasons don't have much to do with the distance from the Earth to the Sun but more to do with the Earth's...
Tilt
300
During these times, people were able to see many more stars than we are able to see from Hudson today. This is because now we have more...
Light Pollution
300
In the Rape of Persephone, Greek Mythology tries to explain what natural phenomenon?
The changing of the seasons
300
Besides Polaris, why is it difficult to navigate using other stars?
Because they move throughout the night and throughout the year.
300
Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth around 200 BC measuring the shadow of two sticks. One in Syene and the other in _______________.
Alexandria
300
What WRA teacher has a daughter named Harper and a son named Silas?
Mr. Zetzer
400
Our solar system is one of many inside of a galaxy known as the...
Milky Way
400
In ancient Egypt, they were able to predict when the next flood would be because of the appearance of this star who shares its name with a Harry Potter character AND a popular satellite radio service.
Sirius
400
In Greek Mythology, who was Apollo´s sister?
Artemis
400
What ancient architectural marvel did we talk about whose 4 corners match almost perfectly with the four cardinal directions?
Piramid of Giza
400
Give me one of two ways in which Aristotle helped to prove the circular shape of the Earth?
Earth´s shadow during lunar eclipses
and
People seeing different constellations as they traveled
400
Name the animal
Tardigrade
500
Name this constellation
Taurus
500
Explain why we don't see the same stars at night during different times of the year.
The combination of Earth’s orbit around the Sun and its position at night determines which stars and constellations are visible. This seasonal variation creates a "celestial calendar," with certain constellations marking specific times of the year.
500
Name the constellation of the twins Castor and Pollux
Gemini
500
If you see look directly north and see the sun about 2 fingers on top of the horizon (low), where are you? what season is it? and around what time is it?
Southern Hemisphere, Winter, Noon
500
One of the problems with the geocentric model was retrograde motion. For years people didn´t understand how this could happen until Ptolemy, through the publishing of his book, provided the solution. What did he use to explain retrograde motion?
epicycles
500
Who sings 'Titi Me Preguntó´
Bad Bunny