WorksheetsTopic 15. Space Research
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Astronomical observations and calculations assisted _________ in their daily lives.
Teotihuacán
Mayas
Monte Albán
Tajin
the most important factor to Mayans was:
Solar system
Places
Life
Time
One of the astronomical discoveries of the Mayans was the knowledge of the agricultural cycles?
True or false.
True
False
Select 3 Mayan astronomical discoveries:
Calendar with two overlapping annual cycles.
Prediction of eclipses, sun rise and sunset, moon phases
Location of the Moon, Sun, Venus, other planets, star clusters
Discovery of fire
Is the theory of the origin and existence of the Universe:
Geography
Ecology
Ethics
Cosmogony
According to the chronology of the human cosmogony in what civilization it was believed that the Goddess Nut ate the sun every day and gave birth to it at every dawn.
Egypt (3050-332 BC)
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (1995)
William Herschel (1785)
Edwin Hubble (1923)
According to the chronology of the human cosmogony in which period it was believed that the Earth was flat and was located in the middle of the Universe. The Sun, the Moon, planets and starts revolved around it.
William Herschel (1785)
Middle Age (800 BC - 529 AD)
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (1995)
Mesoamerica (1400BC - 1492 AD): Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs
He was the first to map the Milky Way. He found the galaxy to be flatenned with the Sun near the middle.
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (1995)
Edwin Hubble (1923)
Middle Age (800 BC - 529 AD)
William Herschel (1785)
Scientific discoveries and inventions are useless unless they are shared not only within the scientific community but to the public in general.
True or False
True
False
They are traditional ways of communicating science
Books, scientific journals, congress, universities
Blog, websites
Online news, massive emails
Documentaries, educational and viral videos, short films
