The Expanding Universe Exam 1

flat earth

the misconception that people at the time of columbus believed in a ______ was listed by the historical society (of Britain) as the second most common error in history

constellations

observers in ancient times imagined groups of starts that form pictures of animals, objects and people called

orion balatik

the greek call a constellation ___ while in east asia it’s ___

polaris

the north star

merak dubhe

the pointer stars in the big dipper

the gods

early people thought that the constellations were created by ____

babylonians, greeks, egyptians

we inherited the names for our constellations from

orion

____ signals the coming of the cold season

polaris

____ is widely used in navigation

alpha

when the star is named with ____, you know it is the brightest star in the constellation

ecliptic

the path of the sun

astronomy

the science dealing with all the celestial bodies in the universe

cosmology

the branch of astronomy that deals with the cosmos or universe as a whole

5000

astronomy has been an exact science for about _____ years

renaissance 20th

the most rapid advancements in astronomy have occurred during the _____ and the ___ century

telescope

the most rapid advancements in astronomy came with the invention of the ______

365.25

the rotation period of the earth around the sun is ____ days

celestial sphere

the _____ ____ is an imaginary x surrounding the Earth, on which we picture the stars attached

noon

the time when the sun reaches it’s highest altitude in the observer’s sky

south

either opposite of direction to north star