WorksheetsAstronomy History and Laws 02B Quizzizz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Central Americans built temples aligned with ______, as a timekeeper, along with the sun and moon.
Earth
Sun
Mars
Venus
Who discovered Jupiter's four moons?
Copernicus
Galileo
Brahe
Aristotle
"Founder of Modern Science"
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
Aristotle
1st predicted the position the planets are in today
Galileo
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Aristotle
Using Tycho’s Brahe's data (Mars), found elliptical orbits of planets.
Kepler
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Aristotle
"Sun-Centered" universe model
heliocentric
geocentric
Planets & stars move around earth in perfect circles
heliocentric
geocentric
Using King of Denmark's generosity he built an observatory and made the most accurate astronomical observations for more than 20 yrs.
Giovanni Cassini
Tycho Brahe
Hipparchus
Isaac Newton
Built a telescope and made discoveries which changed astronomy; discovered 4 moons of Jupiter- because this demonstrated revolution around something other than Earth.
Galileo Galilei
Aristotle
William Herschel
Claudius Ptolemy
______ is the belief that the positioning of the stars and planets affect the way events occur on earth.
Cosmology
Astronomy
Astrology
None
A name given to a group of stars in the sky that make up a certain pattern is ______.
galaxy
constellation
star dust
meteor
The Andromeda, the Fishnet are the names of ______.
stars
galaxies
comets
meteors
A light-year refers to ______ .
a unit time
a unit distance
a unit of light intensity
none
Native Americans such as the Chumash tribe left records of their sky observations in the painted caves of Burro Flats. In the cave, the sun lit the cave on what specific day?
December 25 (Christmas Day)
February 2 (Groundhogs Day)
Every Full Moon monthly
Summer Solstice (June 21)
Aristotle believed the Earth was round. What circumstantial evidence supported this? (Hint: Choose all that apply)
Ships moved over the horizon
Lunar Eclipses
Round was a perfect shape in geometry
Changing altitude of the North Star due to position on Earth
What device in Tycho Brahe's observatory allowed him to make precise measurements up to 1/60 of an angle?
Ruler
Calculator
Protractor
Many assistants
Of Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary motion. Which law explains why each planet takes differing times to revolve around the sun?
1st Law
2nd Law
3rd Law
4th Law
From 1988-1992, the Vatican was researching and finally acquitted what astronomy of crimes against the church?
Newton
Gallileo
Tycho Brahe
Kepler
According to Newton's Laws of motion. An object at _____ stays at _____ until acted upon by an external force.
rest, motion
high velocity, rest
rest, rest
motion, rest
In Newton's law of Universal Gravitation, m1 & m2 have what mathematical relationship?
direct
inverse
indirect
inverse square
Using Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, m1 & d^2 have what mathematical relationship?
direct
inverse
indirect
inverse squared
What is Tidal Force?
gravity between two objects at a standard distance
change in tides over the Earth
the difference in gravity across an object or body
the largest change in tides in a season
The image shown here represents:
spring tides
neap tides
The image shown here represents:
spring tides
neap tides
On Earth, some of the most extreme daily changes to tides occur in the Bay of Fundy. Rafters can use the ______ ______ on the reversed river for miles upstream daily.
tidal bore
tidal force
neap tide
parr vision
High tides occur every approximately_______ hours. The small difference in time each day is due to the _____.
12, sun alignment
6, moon alignment
6, continental drift/plate tectonics
12, moon alignment
12, continental drift/plate tectonics
