Stars
Groups of stars
What are constellations?
It is a tool used to measure the stars
What is an astrolabe?
View of the earth as the center of the universe
What is geocentric?
Planet closest to the sun
What is Mercury?
The day in which there is the most daylight
What is the summer equinox?
They were the first to navigate using the stars
Who were the Egyptians and the Phoenicians?
View of the sun at the center of the universe
What is heliocentric?
The planet with the most moons in our solar system
What is Saturn?
What is Polaris?
The Mayans built El Castillo in accordance with this solar phenomenon
What are equinoxes?
Demonstrates the capability that science has to change the thought process
What is the shift form geocentric to heliocentric thinking?
The coldest planet in our solar system
What is Uranus?
Name of our galaxy
First satellite to be launched from earth into space
What is Sputnik?
Applied his Laws of Gravity to the planetary motion
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
The planet, besides Saturn, that has rings
What is Neptune?
Name of the Big Dipper
What is Ursa Major?
Large cloud of gas and dust that is the birthplace of stars
What is a nebula?
Name of the astronomer who put forth the idea of Heliocentric
Who was Nicholaus Copernicus
Once was deemed a planet but is now a dwarf planet
What is Pluto?