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Chapter 4 Test Study Guide

Chapter 4 Test Study Guide. Origins of Astronomy. 1. Why did Copernicus hesitate to consider alternatives to the Ptolemaic Universe?. It contradicted Christian Theology at the time. 2. What was the most controversial issue about eh nature of the universe?. Earth’s position in the universe.

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Chapter 4 Test Study Guide

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  1. Chapter 4 Test Study Guide Origins of Astronomy

  2. 1. Why did Copernicus hesitate to consider alternatives to the Ptolemaic Universe? • It contradicted Christian Theology at the time

  3. 2. What was the most controversial issue about eh nature of the universe? Earth’s position in the universe

  4. 3. What was the name of Copernicus’ book? • De Revolutionimbus

  5. 4. His geocentric model dominated astronomy for 2,000 years. • Aristotle

  6. 5. Define First Principle • Something that is held obviously true and needs no further examination.

  7. 6. Most Greek philosophers accept this as a first principle. • Earth was the unmoving center of the universe.

  8. 7. Why did early astronomers believe the earth did not move? • Because they saw no parallax.

  9. 8. What are the small circles called that Ptolemy used to describe the motions of planets? • Epicycles

  10. 9. Philolaus believed this about the universe. • Earth moved around a central fire

  11. 10. Galileo was a strong supporter of this astronomer • Copernicus

  12. 11. The occasional westward motion to the planets is called • Retrograde motion

  13. 12. Whose death ended the 99 years that revolutionized astronomy? • Galileo

  14. 13. What are Kepler’s three laws of planetary motion? • 1. The orbits of the planets are ellipses with the Sun at one focus. • 2. A line form a planet to the Sun sweeps over equal areas in equal intervals of time. • A planet’s orbital period squared is proportional to its average distance form the Sun.

  15. 14. Which planet goes through a complete set of phases like our moon? • Venus

  16. 15. The transit of Venus disproves this astronomers model • Ptolemy

  17. 16. He found no parallax with the discovery of a new star disproving the Ptolemaic Theory. • Tycho

  18. 17. Tool Galileo is known for using • Telescope

  19. 18. First person to point the telescope at the sky • Galileo

  20. 19. Believed heavens were perfect with perfect spheres rotating at a constant rate carrying objects in circles. • Plato

  21. 20. Who discovered four of Jupiter’s moons? • Galileo

  22. 21. He calculated Earth’s radius by verifying the position of the Sun in two cities and the distance between those two cities. • Eratosthenes

  23. 22. Determined that the orbits of planets around the Sun are ellipses. • Kepler

  24. 23. Who said the Milky Way was made up of stars too faint to see with the naked eye? • Galileo

  25. 24. List the four Galilean moons • Io • Callisto • Ganymede • Europa

  26. 25. Who was excommunicated from the church and placed on house arrest? • Galileo

  27. 26. Define archeoastronomy • Science field focused on connections of ancient celestial observations and structures

  28. 27. Explain the Geocentric Universe Model • Model of the universe with the Earth at the center

  29. 28. Explain the Heliocentric Universe Model • The model of the universe with the Sun at the center.

  30. 29. He was Tycho’s assistant • Kepler

  31. 30. She arranged the star classification system to reflect temperature • Annie Jump Cannon

  32. 31. He had a pet moose • Tycho

  33. 32. First astronomer to study Cepheid Variable Stars • Henrietta Leavitt

  34. 33. Wrote books in Italian instead of Latin • Galileo

  35. 34. Classified stars according to spectral type, A through Q • Williamina Fleming

  36. 35. Huge change in peoples thinking from geocentric to heliocentric • Copernican Revolution

  37. 36. Law that helped establish that the universe is expanding • Hubble’s Law

  38. 37. His books were banned and he was put on house arrest • Galileo

  39. 38. First to explain why Earth has seasons • Copernicus

  40. 39. Label the Diagram

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