Intro to Astronomy

The stones in Stonehenge line up with which celestial phenomena?

• sunrise

• sunset

• summer and winter solstices

• spring and autumnal equinoxes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which astronomer took copious notes and observations of the celestial bodies in the sky, allowing other astronomers to calculate their patterns?

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Brahe

Which model of the solar system has Earth at the center of it?

• heliocentric

• geocentric

• biocentric

• atmocentric

Which astronomer proposed the first theory of the patterns of the sun, moon, Earth and planets?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

• Galileo

Which society started observing the night sky and named the majority of the constellations?

• Mayans

• Greeks

• Egyptians

• Druids

Which astronomer adjusted the original geocentric model by adding the concept of epicycles (each planet makes small circles as they orbit the Earth).

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

• Newton

Which astronomer discovered 4 of Jupiter's moons?

• Aristotle

• Kepler

• Newton

• Galileo

Which astronomer discovered the properties of gravity and inertia?

• Newton

• Brahe

• Kepler

• Aristotle

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What is the name or our spiral galaxy?

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Virgo

• Triangulum

The visible Universe is _____

• expanding, faster every day

• expanding at a constant rate

• stationary

• shrinking

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2