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Ancient Astronomers 100 pts.

Ancient Astronomers 100 pts. A theory stating that the Earth is the center of the universe, commonly believed to be true for hundreds of years. Ancient Astronomers 200 pts.

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Ancient Astronomers 100 pts.

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  1. Ancient Astronomers100 pts. • A theory stating that the Earth is the center of the universe, commonly believed to be true for hundreds of years.

  2. Ancient Astronomers200 pts. • This ancient astronomer found evidence supporting the Heliocentric theory when he pointed a telescope at the sky and saw four moons orbiting Jupiter.

  3. Ancient Astronomers300 pts. • Copernicus’s theory was not accepted when he proposed it because he placed the Sun where in his model?

  4. Ancient Astronomers400 pts. • This man determined that the orbit of planets is the shape of an ellipse, NOT a perfect circle.

  5. Ancient Astronomers500 pts. • This ancient astronomer created a geocentric model of our solar system that supported the current thinking of the time.

  6. Geocentric Theory 100 pts.

  7. Galileo 200 pts.

  8. the center of the universe 300 pts.

  9. Kepler 400 pts.

  10. Ptolemy 500 pts.

  11. Earth, Moon, and Sun100 pts. • What is the main cause of the ocean tides?

  12. Earth, Moon, and Sun200 pts. • What happens during a total solar eclipse?

  13. Earth, Moon, and Sun300 pts. • What causes the Earth’s seasons?

  14. Earth, Moon, and Sun400 pts. • What is the current origin about the theory of the Moon?

  15. Earth, Moon, and Sun500 pts. • What causes us to see the phases of the Moon?

  16. the gravitational pull of the Moon 100 pts.

  17. the Moon completely covers the Sun 200 pts.

  18. the tilt of the Earth’s axis 300 pts.

  19. A large body struck the Earth, and part of the Earth and the large body formed the Moon 400 pts.

  20. The relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. 500 pts.

  21. Planets and Our Solar System100 pts. • What is the order of the Planets, including Pluto?

  22. Planets and Our Solar System200 pts. • What three characteristics best describe the inner planets?

  23. Planets and Our Solar System300 pts. • What is located between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter?

  24. Planets and Our Solar System400 pts. • What is a Meteoroid, Meteor, and Meteorite?

  25. Planets and Our Solar System500 pts. • How does the speed of a planet’s revolution around the Sun change as it gets farther from the Sun?

  26. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto 100 pts.

  27. Small, Dense, and Rocky. 200 pts.

  28. the Asteroid Belt 300 pts.

  29. Meteoroid- “mini asteroid,” small pieces of rock traveling through space.Meteor- “meteor shower,” bright streak of light across the skyMeteorite- “can hold it ‘RITE’ in your hand,” meteoroid that hits the ground 400 pts.

  30. The closer a planet is to the Sun, the faster it moves around the Sun. 500 pts.

  31. Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe100 pts. • What is the only star in our solar system?

  32. Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe200 pts. • What are the three main types of galaxies?

  33. Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe300 pts. • What binds or holds a Galaxy together? What about a Star? A Planet?

  34. Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe400 pts. • What did Hubble tell us about our universe?

  35. Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe500 pts. • What kind of galaxy do we believe the Milky Way is?

  36. The Sun 100 pts.

  37. Spiral, Elliptical, and Irregular 200 pts.

  38. Gravity! 300 pts.

  39. it’s expanding! 400 pts.

  40. a Spiral Galaxy 500 pts.

  41. Random- 100 pts. • How long does it take the Moon to go through all of its phases?

  42. Random- 200 pts. • Where is the Kuiper Belt found?

  43. Random- 300 pts. • Why doesn’t earth get hit with meteorites very often?

  44. Random- 400 pts. • What do we call it when the lit portion of the moon seems to be increasing over a period of several days?

  45. Random- 500 pts. • What phase of the Moon is shown here?

  46. 29.5 days, about a month 100 pts.

  47. Past the orbit of Neptune 200 pts.

  48. Earth’s atmosphere causes them to break up before they hit the ground! 300 pts.

  49. waxing. 400 pts.

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