Early Astronomers looked to the stars to help them...
What is create a calendar
This helped them determine seasons, when to plant, or when to hold certain festivals.
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What is a star?
A ball of gas held together by its own gravity.
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What is another name for the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?
What is the inner rocky planets
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What is the name of the Galaxy where Earth is located?
What is The Milky Way
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the time it takes earth to revolve around the sun
What is one year (365.25 days)
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Who invented the first telescope?
Who is Galileo Galilei
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What is the name of the star closest to the Earth?
What is the sun
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What planets are called gas giants?
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus
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List the three types of galaxies
What are spiral, irregular, elliptical galaxies
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The shortest day of the year is
What is December 21st, or the Winter Solstice
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Ancient people started building Stonehenge __________ years ago
What is 5,000
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Temperature, Color, and Distance can all affect what?
What is a star's brightness
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How many days does it take for the moon to make one full cycle?
What is 28 days
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What is a galaxy?
What is a huge collection of stars, gas, dust held together by gravity
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Earth's seasons are caused by
What is the tilt of the earth
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Pyramids are linked to astronomy because they have ...
What is 365 steps, the number of days in a year.
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What factor determines the path a star takes in its lifetime?
The star's mass or size
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What is another name for a shooting star?
What is a meter
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What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
What is a spiral galaxy
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Day and night are caused by
What is Earth rotating toward or away from the sun
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How have telescopes changed since they were first created?
Telescopes are bigger, are able to capture images more clearly, are digital, can detect more than visible light, are in space, see more than stars, etc.
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Why do we see different constellations during different times in the year?
As the earth orbits the sun, different star patters are visible.
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How is a comet different from an asteroid
Asteroids are large rocks, comets are ice and dust, comets have a regular orbit, comets are much smaller, comets can be seen from earth.
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How is an elliptical galaxy different from an irregular galaxy?
What is An irregular galaxy has no definite shape, an elliptical galaxy is shaped more like a football.
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When the northern hemisphere of the earth is tilted toward the sun what season does the southern hemisphere experience?