Light
Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Visible, X-ray, Gamma Ray wavelengths comprise this spectrum.
What is the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS)?
Galileo set out to show this individuals philosophy concerning the Earth's
motion was incorrect by using various rolling ball experiments. Later, Newton
would mathematically prove what is in motion will tend to stay in motion.
Who was Aristotle?
Solar eclipses can only occur during this phase of the Moon.
What is a New Moon?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed; however, it can change forms.
What is the Conservation of Energy Law?
latitudes due to this....
What is a 23.4-degree axis tilt?
An astronomer made an astonishing discovery that a rogue star is plummeting toward Earth.
He was able to determine this by analyzing a shift in the star's spectrum and found the shift
to be toward this end of the spectrum.
What is the blue end of the spectrum? Or What is blue shifted?
While Plato is often remembered for his philosophical wisdom, he was
responsible for setting astronomy back nearly 1800 years when he stated
all orbits must be....
What are perfect circles?
A waning gibbous Moon suggests this phase has already passed.
What is a Full Moon?
This individual, who may or may not have sped up the demise of Tycho Brahe,
develop these three laws.
What are the Three Laws of Planetary Motion?
The first patent application for a telescope was presented by this individual.
Who is Hans Lippershey?
400 nanometers to roughly 700 nanometer wavelengths of the EMS.
What is the visible light range of the EMS?
Yes, Tycho Brahe amassed a great deal of stellar positional data, however, this
individual (often uncredited) assembled the data in an orderly fashion.
Who is Sophia Brahe?
The number of days from new Moon to new Moon is less than 30 days
but more than 25 days.
What is 29.5 days?
The P^2=a^3 law states that planets farther away from the Sun travel_______
than planets nearer the Sun throughout their orbit.
What is slower?
This individual stated "and yet it moves" after being sentenced to house arrest for
the remainder of his life.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
These waves have the highest energy photons, which are detrimental to the well
being of all life on Earth.
What are Gamma Rays?
This scientist performed his famous dual slit experiment in 1801 to show that
light behaves like a wave.
Who is Thomas Young?
The Witches Moon, also known as a Blood Red Moon, can only be witnessed during
this phase....
What is a Full Moon?
Using calculus, which he is known to have invented, this individual derived the
Universal Law of Gravitational Attraction (AKA: Universal Law of Gravity).
Who is Isaac Newton?
Obelisks, erect by ancient Egyptians, were used as an early form of this.....
What is time keeping?
Thermal radiation and reflective radiation are two advance types of this.
What are advanced spectra?
Around 100 to 150 AD, this individual devised a workable Geocentric model of the Universe.
Who was Ptolemy?
This planet exhibits similar phase characteristics as the Moon and Galileo
was the first person to discover this phenomenon.
What is Venus?
The conservation law, witnessed in the classroom with a spinning chair, suggests that
planets will travel faster at Perihelion and slower at Aphelion in their orbits.
What is the Conservation of Angula Momentum Law?
This ancient mathematician instructed his students that the Earth was spherical
in shape. He utilized his knowledge of triangles to prove a round Earth, and if
you have ever taken a geometry class, you will know his famous formula:
A^2+ B^2 = C^2
Who is Pythagoras?