Patterns in the Sky
Eclipses
Astronomy Around the World
Early Tools and Telescopes
High Tech Scopes
100
An event that repeats itself.
What is a pattern?
100
This is the term for the moon blocking the sun.
What is a solar eclipse?
100
This special place in southwest England is believed to be linked to astronomy.
What is Stonehenge?
100
This tool was used long ago to measure the angle of the horizon with the stars or planets.
What is an astrolabe?
100
The invention of more powerful telescopes helps scientists study this huge place.
What is the universe?
200
To measure time people all over the world developed these.
What are calendars?
200
The thinking that something bad was going to happen.
What is the thoughts of ancient cultures?
200
This animal appears on the Mexican pyramid on the spring and fall equinox.
What is a snake?
200
This tool replaced the astrolabe in the 1700's.
What is a sextant?
200
These twin telescopes are the largest in the world.
What is Keck 1 and Keck 2?
300
The changing of seasons was important to people to help them with this part of their lives.
What is the right time to plant?
300
These countries kept records of their eclipse observations and predictions.
What is Asia, Middle East and South America?
300
These are the buildings and other structures that show how important the movements of the Sun, Moon and stars were.
What are the observations of ancient peoples?
300
This tool magnified objects about twenty times as large.
What is a telescope?
300
This tool uses a bowl shaped dish to gather information about space.
What is a radio telescope?
400
Certain sets of these were expected to appear in the sky at specific times of the year.
What are stars?
400
The Earth has cast a shadow on the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
400
Big Horn Medicine Wheel, in Wyoming.
What is the North American structure like Stonehenge?
400
His discoveries led to the conclusion that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
Who is Galileo?
400
These are the best conditions for stargazing.
What are clear and dark conditions?
500
Early people kept a close watch on these three bodies in the sky.
What are the sun, moon and the stars?
500
These are rare events that were not part of the regular patterns in the sky?
What is an eclipse?
500
A hole at the top of this Korean observatory allows people to view the stars.
What is Chomsongdae Observatory?
500
The addition of a mirror to this telescope allowed objects that were dimmer and farther away to be seen in greater detail.
What is the reflecting telescope?
500
This is where some telescopes are placed to give scientists a more complete picture.
What is space?
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