Quiz - Astronomical Event Before the Advent of Telescope

It is a group of visible stars that form a pattern when viewed from Earth. The pattern they form may take the shape of an animal, a mythological creature, a man, a woman, or an inanimate object such as a microscope, a compass, or a crown.

• Constellation

• Asteroids

• Meteor Shower

• Eclipse

It is a famous constellation seen all across the world that is placed on the celestial equator. It is one of the most visible and easily recognized constellations in the night sky.

• Orieon

• Arion

• Orion

• Oreon

A constellation that is made up of 16 stars that may be seen in the northern sky. The constellation was named by the ancient Greeks.

• Orion

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Cassiopeia

Who suggested that the arth is a cylinder and that its surface is curved?

• Socrates

• Thales

• Babylonians

• Anaximander

Who documented the movement of the sun and the moon?

• Babylonians

• Thales

• Anixamander

• Socrates

What type of value did Babylonians initially use to warn the king about catastrophic events?

• Magical

• Mystical

• Magestical

• Mistycal

What is the name of the famous constellation that was documented by the Babylonians?

• Hailey's Meteor Shower

• Hailey's Asteroids

• Hailey's Comet

• Hailey's Constellation

What is a primitive version of sundial called?

• Gnemen

• Gnaman

• Gnomon

• Gnimin

What is the name of the idea that the motions of the planet were mathematically related to musical sounds and numbers?

• The Spheres of the Sound

• The Sounds of the Spheres

• The Spheres of the Music

• The Music of the Spheres

What phenomenon occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the moon when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon?

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• Partial Eclipse

• Hybrid Eclipse