jeopardy introduction to astronomy
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Shadows & SeasonsVocabulary Ancient Views
Movement in the Sky
Other Objectsin the Sky
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This is the illusionary line created between the sky and ground.
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This object in the sky may natural or man made.
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Even though this happens the Northern hemisphere is in winter.
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What does the angle of separation measure?
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This is what the path of the sun is called when observed over the course of a year.
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For Ancient man these two occupations were done by the same person.
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This person was credited with the Geocentric view of the Solar system.
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While not the first to endorse the Heliocentric view, his observations of moons helped convince others that it was correct.
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What did this person help prove even though he did not really believe it?
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This is the main reason people even today think the sun moves around the earth.
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Why does the Sun appear to move across the Sky?
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There are this many ways to count/calculate the length of one Earth year.
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These are ways the earth moves as it orbits the sun. (at least two)
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The sun appears to move East to West because of this.
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How long does it take for the Earth to make one complete rotation? revolution?
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What is a star ?
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These groupings of billions of solar systems are so far away sometimes they are thought to be stars.
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On a clear night we can two to three of these an hour, more if we pass through the tail of a comet.
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These objects were given the name meaning "wanderers" because they seemed to move back and forth across the sky.
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What is another name for the north star? Why is it important?
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What season has the biggest angle of separation?
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When in the day are shadows the longest?
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What causes shadows to change size?
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What are the Shadows like in the Winter?
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Label the Four Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere.
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What is Horizon?
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What is a Satellite?
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What is Apogee?
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The distance of an object in the sky to the horizon.
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What is an Annalemma?
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What are astronomers and astrologers?
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Who was Ptolemy?
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Who was Galileo?
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What is an Heliocentric elliptical orbit?
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The sun appears to move across the sky because we cannot feel the movement of the earth.
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Because of the Earth's rotation on it's axis.
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There are three ways Sidereal, Tropical, and anomalous.
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what are Counterclockwise, orbital plane, axial tilt.
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Our rotation that is west to east.
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It takes the Earth 24 hours or 1 day to make a complete rotation on its axis, and 365.25 days.
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A star is a ball of hot, glowing gases that is very, very far away from Earth.
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What are Galaxies?
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What are meteors?
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What are the planets?Wha
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Another name for the north star is Polaris, the earth's axis always points towards this star, because of this we can navigate (tell the latitude one is at by this star).
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The summer season has the biggest angle of separation.
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At Sunrise and Sunset or the beginning and end of the day.
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Shadows change size when the sun's position changes in the sky.
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The Winter shadows are longer and out for less time.
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Winter Spring Summer Fall
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Daily Double!!!
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Label the Four Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere.
Winter
Fall
Spring
Summer
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Winter Spring Summer Fall