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Early Views About the Cosmos
Discovery Through Technology
The Distribution of Matter in Space
Our Solar Neighbourhood
Describing the Position of Objects in Space
100
An Inuit form of Measurement of the height of the Sun above the Horizon
What is One-Mitt Measure (width of mitt)
100
This older piece of technology can help tell time by casting a shadow
What is a Sundial
100
The hot glowing balls of gas mainly composed of Hydrogen are generally reffered to as
What is a Star
100
The 3rd rock from the Sun
What is Earth
100
True North has a compas direction of
What is 0 degrees
200
Two special events that occur on the Shortest day of the year and the longest day of the year
What is Solstice (Winter & Summer)
200
This piece of technology was invented by the ancient Egyptians to chart astronomical positions
What is Merkhet
200
These are the birth places of stars
What is a Nebulae
200
This Planet may not even be considered a planet
What is Pluto
200
This is a compass bearing measurement
What is Azimuth
300
Two days of the year we have equal amount of day and equal amount of night.
What is equinox
300
Arabian astronomers used this tool to chart star positions
What is Astrolabe
300
Our Sun is part of the type of formation
What is main sequence
300
ThisJovian Planet is the largest in our solar system
What is Jupiter
300
This is the highest point directly overhead
What is Zenith
400
Aristotle proposed a Earth centred model called
What is Geocentric
400
The Cross-Staff that measures the angle between the Moon and any given star was invented by this astronomer
Who is Levi ben Gurson
400
When a Star dies in a huge Catastrophic event this is know as
What is a Supernova
400
This planet boasts the fastest wind speeds in our solar system
What is Neptune
400
This measurement ranges between 0 - 90 Degrees
What is Altitude
500
The Polish Astronomer Copernicus suggested a Sun centred model called
What is Heliocentric
500
These units are used to measure "Local" distances within our solar system
What is Astronomical Unit (AU)
500
This is a highly dense remnant of a star in which light cannot escape from it
What is a Black hole
500
Small Pieces of rocks flying through space with no particular path are know as
What is Meteroids
500
The path in the sky in which the Sun appears to move is called
What is Ecliptic