Eastshore Astronomy Unit 1

The largest optical telescopes are all classified as __________________ telescopes.

• Reflector

• Spectroscope

• Refractor

In astronomy the distance between the sun and earth is called a/an __________________.

• Red shift

• Astronomical unit - AU

• Light-year

• 
  

  Law of Areas

Which scientist proposed that the earth and planets move around the sun - the Heliocentric model?

• Newton

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Kepler

The distance light travels in one year is the definition for the term....

• Zenith

• Declination

• Right Ascension

• Astronomical Unit - AU

• Light-Year

Which scientist discovered the law of gravity and laws of motion? (eg. inertia, action and reaction, F= ma)

• Brahe

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Newton

Which Greek philosopher stated that the Geocentric Model which states that planets, stars, sun, and moon, all orbit around the earth was correct?

• Kepler

• Newton

• Aristotle

• 
  

  Copernicus

Which scientist discovered the shift in sound wavelengths from a moving source that lead scientist to discover the redshift in the spectrum of light?

• Doppler

• Kepler

• Newton

• Copernicus

 

Which scientist discovered these three laws ( Law of Ellipse, Law of Areas, Law of Periods) that govern how planets orbit around the sun?

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Brahe

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

What type of spectrum is produced when solids, liquids, or high density gas are hot enough to give off light?

• Emission or Bright-line Spectrum

• Absorption Spectrum

• Continuous Spectrum

• Relativistic Spectrum

Which law or effect is used to calculate how long a planet takes to orbit the sun?

• Law of the Ellipse

• Law of Areas

• Red Shift Effect

• Law of Periods

• Doppler Effect