Telescopes
the general name of an instrument used to study distant light
What is a telescope?
the tilt of Mars is nearly the same as the tilt of __________
What is Earth?
the name of the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it
What is the solar system?
the tilt of Earth's axis determines...
What are seasons?
the spinning of Earth on its axis
What is rotation?
uses a curved mirror to gather and focus light
What is a reflecting telescope?
group of planets with deep, massive atmospheres
What is a gas giant?
this astronomer was the first to state that everything in the solar system revolved around the Earth
Who is Aristotle?
this happens when the North Pole's tilt away from the sun is the greatest
What is the summer solstice?
the name of a body that travels around another body in space (example: Earth goes around the Sun)
What is revolution?
use lenses to bend and focus light
What is a refracting telescope?
the planet that rotates almost on its side
What is Uranus?
this astronomer was the first to state that everything in the solar system revolved around the sun
Who is Copernicus?
the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere
What is the vernal equinox?
Earth's orbit is an oval shape
What is an ellipse?
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Spitzer Space Telescope
small bodies that joined together to eventually form planets
What are planetesimals?
this astronomer claimed that the planets moved in small circles called epicycles
Who is Ptolemy?
this period of time is based on the moon's motion around Earth
What is a month?
the rotation of the Earth causes ocean currents and wind belts to be shifted to the right in the N Hemisphere is known as...
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Between 1969-1972, _____ people landed on the moon.
the idea that the sun and planets formed out of a cloud of dust
What is the Nebular Hypothesis?
this astronomer claimed that each planet orbits the sun in a path called an ellipse
Who is Kepler?
stars organized into a pattern
What are constellations?
Earth's surface has been divided into _______ time zones.
What is 24?