Words We Use
"The Guys" in Brief
What They Saw
It’s the Law
Looking Ahead
100
“Centric” is a suffix that means this.
What is “in the middle?”
100
He proposed a geocentric universe.
Who was Ptolemy?
100
Ptolemy and Copernicus did not have this important tool used to observe the heavens.
What is the telescope?
100
Kepler described the shape of the orbits of the planets using this word.
What is elliptical?
100
He discovered that there are other galaxies in our universe. (2X for the name of our galaxy)
Who was Edwin Hubble? (What is the Milky Way?)
200
One of the two words that we use in relation to our sun.
What is “Sol “or “Helios?”
200
Copernicus shocked the church when he proposed this idea about the universe.
What is a heliocentric universe?
200
Galileo discovered four moons around which planet?
What is Jupiter?
200
This is the shape of an elliptical orbit.
What is an oval or egg shape?
200
Our galaxy is called this.
What is the Milky Way?
300
The word heliocentric means this.
What is “the sun is the center of the universe?”
300
He did NOT invent the telescope, but was the first to report using it for astronomy.
Who was Galileo?
300
This astronomer observed that this planet went through phases. (2X for both answers)
Who is Galileo? What is Venus?
300
Kepler described the speed of the orbits of the planets using this word.
What is variable?
300
Hubble’s findings that the universe was expanding gave rise to this theory.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
400
One of the two words we use to refer the Earth.
What is “terra” or “geo”?
400
This assistant to Tycho Brahe, used Brahe’s data to develop laws of planetary motion.
Who was Johannes Kepler?
400
Galileo discovered this when he observed the surface of the moon with his telescope.
What is the topography or the geographic features of the moon?
400
Kepler said this about the placement of the sun in our solar system.
What is NOT in the center?
400
In order to escape obstructions to observatory telescopes, they are built where?
What is at high elevation and/or low humidity?
500
This word was used in reference to an Earth-centered universe.
What is “geocentric?”
500
These are observations made by Galileo about the moon and about the sun. (2X for correct answer for both)
What are sunspots on the sun and topography of the moon? (it is not flat)
500
The dark spots on the moon were found to be these.
What are craters?
500
This man described this force that holds the moon in orbit. (2X for man and the force)
Who was Isaac Newton & what was the Law of Gravity?
500
This is why the Hubble Telescope was established in space.
What is “in order to escape the “soup” of our atmosphere?”
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