Aristotle
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
Stuff
100
Aristotle was from what country?
Greece/Greek
100
Where did Ptolemy live?
Egypt
100
What nationality was Copernicus? Where did he live?
Polish/Poland
100
Kepler was what nationality? Where did he live?
German/Germany
100
Galileo lived where?
Italy
100
When ancient people didn't understand what was happening in the day/night sky, they blamed it on or attributed it to the...
gods/mythology
200
Why does Aristotle's life seem to go backward - from 385 to 323?
He was born in B.C. times (before Christ)
200
What nationality would Ptolemy have been (not where he lived)?
Roman
200
Pronounce his name.
200
Kepler was alive at the same time as another classical astronomer. Who was it?
Galileo
200
What did Galileo invent that changed astronomy forever?
His Galileoscope
200
What city was Galileo from (it was his last name)?
Galilee
300
What would Aristotle have called the universe?
The Cosmos
300
Pronounce his name.
300
What was Copernicus best known for? What did we learn about him?
He observed the celestial objects and proved that the sun was at the center of the cosmos. He was partially correct...
300
What is Kepler best known for? What did we learn about him?
He studied the orbits of celestial objects and realized that there was no such thing as a circular orbit.
300
Which planet did Galileo mistakenly think had two smaller moons stuck to the sides of it like ears?
(He actually drew it this way in his notes)
Saturn
300
Name one of the Galilean moons that he discovered and named.
Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
400
What is Aristotle best known for? What did we learn about him?
He studied the cosmos and proposed that the Earth was at the center of everything.
400
What is Ptolemy best known for? What did we learn about him?
He came up with the ideas that celestial objects travel in 'circles within circles'. This idea helped to keep Earth at the center of the cosmos.
400
Why did Copernicus wait until he was close to death to report his observations and findings?
To escape the wrath (excommunication) of the Church, who wanted to keep the Earth at the center of the cosmos
400
What is the science word/term that means egg-shaped or oval orbit?
Elliptical (not to be confused with eclipse, which we will learn later in the year).
400
What were stacked-up inside the tube of the Galileoscope?
glass lenses
400
Which of the following celestial objects was not K.F.A.?
The moon Neptune
Jupiter Mars
Neptune wasn't discovered until the 1800s
500
What term means 'Earth at center'?
Geocentric
500
What word/term means 'circles within circles'?
Celestial objects travel in EPICYCLES
500
What is the word/term for 'sun at the center' of the cosmos?
Heliocentric
500
What was Kepler's first name?
Johannes (pronounced yo - hanz)
500
Which planet and how many moons of that planet did Galileo discover with his Galileoscope?
Jupiter - four moons
500
What is the word that meant 'kicked out' of the Church?
excommunicated