Astronomy
Rotational Motion
Cosmology
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People
100

What is the phase of the moon where the very left side is lit up, but the bright side of the moon is less than 1/2 way illuminated?

Waning Crescent

100

What is spinning about an external axis called?

Revolution

100

Who is the creator of the world of difference and change according to Timaeus?

Demiurgos (Demiurge)

100

What is a Newton in terms of base units? (grams, meters, amperes, moles, coulombs, seconds...etc)

kgxm/s2

100

Who, bullied as a child, and forced to live with his grandmother due to political persecution, ended up becoming the father of Modern Science.  (Hint: He was born on Christmas)

Sir Isaac Newton

200
What is another name for a small space rock found on earth.

Meteorite

200

What is the force that is required to keep an object in circular motion?

Centripetal Force

200
What is the goal of a heirarchy?

To communicate to things whose natures are below yours to make things as much like God as said natures permit of.

200

What is a Watt in terms of base units?

kgm2/s3

200

Who discovered the phases of Venus and the moons of Jupiter and ended up going blind in the last 4 years of his life due to being blinded by the sun

Galileo Galilei

300

What is the name for the donut shaped region of icy bodies outside of the orbit of Neptune?

Kuiper Belt

300

What is the Latin word which means "to Flee."

Fugere

300

Two Part Hebrew Cosmology Question:

1) What is the name of the place of the dead?

2) What is the name of the dome?

1) Sheol

2) Firmament

300

If given a problem where you have to multiply power times time, what derived unit are you left with?

kgm2/s2 = J (Joule)

300

Which Cardinal of the Church told Galileo not to espouse the Copernican Doctrine, except as a hypothetical?

Cardinal Robert Bellarmine
400

What is the exact length of a year on Earth?

365d 56h 4s

400
If a train is turning left, what needs to happen to the axel?

Slides to the right

400

Who is the formulator of the Big Bang Theory?

Fr. Georges LeMaitre

400

What are 6kg in terms of dg

60,000dg

400

What is the name of the judge who was converted by Paul in Athens?

Dionysius the Areopagite

500

What is the name of the tides which are highest at high tide and lowest at low tide?

Spring Tide

500

What is the equation for tangential velocity?

v=rw

500

What are the three gods in Neoplatonist Cosmology and which god is the mind where the forms are located?

The One, The Intellect, The World Soul


The Intellect

500

What are 5000mm in terms of Mm

5x10-6Mm

500

Who is the patron saint of Scientists?

St. Albert the Great

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