Movement in Space
THIS was the model of the solar system, with the Earth in the middle.
What is "The Geocentric Model"?
THESE are the two (2) ways that Earth moves around the sun.
What are "Rotation and Revolution"?
What are "The Near Side and The Far Side"?
THIS MAN was the scientist who created the telescope, allowing new discovery of moons, planets, and stars.
Who was "Galileo Galilei"?
THIS PLANET is the mostest closest planet to all the other planets.
What is "Mercury"?
THIS THING is Earth's only natural satellite.
What is "The Moon"?
The longest days during the summer and winter are both called THIS.
Only people within THIS would experience a total solar eclipse.
What is the "Umbra"?
Though he was not the first to develop the heliocentric model of the solar system, THIS MAN further supported the idea and used it to explain the observed motion of the sun, stars, and planets from Earth.
Who was "Nicolaus Copernicus"?
When a day has an equal amount of sunlight and moonlight, it is called THIS.
What is an "Equinox"?
THIS is the direction that it appears the sun rises, when viewed from Earth.
What is "In The East"?
THIS is the direction that Earth moves around itself.
What is "From West to East"?
During the first and third quarter moons, the ocean experiences THIS type of tide, when high tide is at its lowest and low tide is at its highest.
What is a "Neap Tide"?
Orbits are not perfect circles, but instead oval shapes called ellipses, as discovered by THIS MAN, who used mathematics to prove his observations.
Who is "Johannes Kepler"?
Only important during a solar eclipse, if you're in THIS, you'll only see some of the sun get covered by the moon.
What is the "Penumbra"?
THESE are the three (3) things that constellations can represent.
What are "Figures, Animals, or Objects"?
THESE are the two (2) factors that combine to keep the moon orbiting around Earth.
Name all eight (8) moon phases.
What are "New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, and Waning Crescent"?
THIS MAN thought about why the stars moved and why the moon was so bright, and is now considered one of the first astronomers.
Who was "Aryabhata I"?
THIS MAN has a comet named after him, which is the most famous comet, and appears around Earth every 75 years.
(The next time it'll be visible from Earth is in 2061, when Mr. Semendinger will be 63 years old!)
Who is "Edmund Halley"?
THESE are the three (3) rules that make an orbiting object a planet.
What are "Orbits a Star, Have Strong Gravity, Have a Clear Orbital Path"?
The Earth's axis is on a tilt of exactly THIS MANY degrees.
What is "23.5 degrees"?
What is "29.5 Days"?
Name ONE of the three (3) early Greek philosophers from this unit. (If you can name 2, I will award double points. If you can name all 3, I'll award triple points.)
One developed the geocentric model, one further developed the geocentric model, and the other was the first to develop the heliocentric model.
Who are "Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Aristarchus"?
Today, scientists divide the night sky into THIS MANY constellations.
What is "88"?