Planets
Space Studies
History
Greek Astronomers
Planet Names
100

What is the 3rd planet from the Sun?

What is Earth

100

What is the study of celestial objects, the physical, chemical, and evolution of such objects and phenomenon that originate outside the atmosphere of  earth?

Astronomy

100

Who recorded positions of planets and times of eclipses, and are said to have the earliest written records of astronomical observations?

Babylonians 

100

who was credited for being the first Greek philosopher and astronomer?

Thales

100

What are all planets except earth named after?

Roman gods

200

What is the largest Planet?

What is Jupiter

200

What is the name of the physics of astronomy and concentrates on the behavior, properties, and motion of objects out there.

Astrophysics 

200

Where was the “Golden Age” of early astronomy (600 B.C.-150 A.D.) centered

Greece

200

Who concluded the Earth was round because it always casts a curved shadow on the moon when it passed between the sun and the moon?

Aristotle

200

What planet is the Roman version of the Greek goddess, Aphrodite, and The Roman and Greek goddess of love, beauty and fertility?

Venus

300

What planet is most known for its rings?

What is Saturn

300

what is also referred to as planetary geology, is a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of the celestial bodies such as the planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteorites.

Astrogeology

300

what was used to find the positions of the sun and stars.

Astrolabe

300

Who developed the first Solar System model, placing the planets in order from the Earth it was is now called the geocentric solar system model?

Heraclides

300

What planet is named for the god of war and also an agricultural guardian.

Mars 

400

Name the gas giants.

Jupiter 

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

400

What is an interdisciplinary scientific field that studies the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.

Astobiology

400

Who is credited with paying great attention to determining the length of the year using the sun and stars?

Egyptians 

400

Who predicted the positions of the planets, stars and constellations were used by sailors for navigation.  He also is the Father of Trigonometry.

Hipparchus

400

What planet was named for the Roman king of gods known as Zeus in Greek?

Jupiter

500

Name the Terrestrial Planets

Mercury 

Venus 

Earth

Mars

500

What is the oldest of the physical sciences and was originally observed on cave wall drawings.

Astronomy

500

Who is credited with creating the basic of geometry and trigonometry?

The Greeks 

500

Who used the information from Aristotle to measure circumference of Earth.  He did this by using a stick he staked into the earth and marked the movement of the sun from two different Egyptian cities?

Eratosthenes

500

What planets name is equated to the Greek Cronus (the Titan father of Zeus), the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani?

Saturn