Revolutionary Astronomers
Which Astronomer most influentially suggested a heliocentric model?
A) Plato
B)Tycho Brahe
C)Nicolaus Copernicus
C) Nicolaus Copernicus
About how old is the universe?
A) 4.5 billion years
B) 14 billion years
C) 22 billion years
B) 14 billion years
What is our galaxy called?
A) Andromeda
B) Triangulum
C) Milky Way
C) Milky Way
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
In what phase does the Moon appear Dark?
New Moon
Where is Earth in the GEOcentric model?
A) At the center of the solar system
B) Orbiting in the outskirts of the solar system
C) Not in the solar system
A) At the center of the Solar System
Before the Big Bang, what existed?
A) Nothing
B) Time
C) Space
A) Nothing
What is at the center of our galaxy?
A) A binary star system
B) A supermassive blackhole
C) A pulsar
B) A supermassive blackhole
Do space probes return to Earth? Yes or no?
No
In what phase does the Moon appear fully illuminated?
Full Moon
Where is Earth in the HELIOcentric model?
A) Orbiting around the middle of the solar system?
B) At the center of the solar system
C) Not in a solar system
A) Orbiting around the middle of the solar system
As the universe expanded it...
A) heated up
B) cooled down
C) stayed the same temperature
B) cooled down
What shape is our galaxy?
A) Spiral
B) Elliptical
C) Irregular
A) Spiral
Name a characteristic of a Gas Giant?
Thick Atmospheres or Larger Planet
What does waxing mean?
Growing
Who published the theory of gravity?
A) Newton
B) Hubble
C) Tycho Brahe
A) Newton
Compared to present-day galaxies, early galaxies were...
A) closer together
B) farther apart
C) haven't moved
A) closer together
What is the correct order from SMALLEST to LARGEST?
A) Planet - Star System - Universe - Galaxy
B) Planet - Galaxy - Star System - Universe
C) Planet - Star System - Galaxy - Universe
C) Planet - Star System - Galaxy - Universe
Name one requirement to be a planet?
Be in orbit around a star
Have enough mass to be spherical
Dominate its orbit
What causes the moon to be illuminated?
It reflects the light from the Sun
What did Edwin Hubble do?
A) Discover Neptune
B) Propose the theory of gravity
C) Confirm that there are other galaxies
C) Confirm that there are other galaxies
From the options below, which of these events occurred first?
A) Stars formed
B) galaxies formed
C) protons and neutrons formed
C) protons and neutrons formed
What are star cluster?
A) Groups of stars that are attracted to each others gravity
B) Groups of stars that developed from the same nebula
C) Dense groups of stars found at the center of galaxies
B) Groups of stars that developed from the same nebula
Why isn't Pluto a planet anymore?
It doesn't dominate its orbit
What is a "Blue Moon"?
When there are TWO full moons in one month