3. Who designed “geoglyphs”? Nazca

4. Who developed the Laws of motion? Newton

5. Who was the first to promote the heliocentric universe? Copernicus

6. Oldest astronomic time piece in existence? Stonehenge

7. Famous for the invention of telescope? Galileo

8. Telescope that covers 1/3 of the sky and collects radios waves that is sent to a receiver. Radio Telescope

9. What is proper name for the season that occurs when the sun is the highest in the sky? Summer Solstice

10. Telescope that uses MIRRORS? Reflecting Telescope

11. Telescope that uses LENSES? Refracting Telescope

12. Tool that separates starlight into colors? Spectroscope

14. Worked in a great observatory in Europe and made accurate observations for 23 years!!! Brahe

15. Estimated how large the earth is? Eratosthenes

16. Developed the 3 laws dealing with ellipses? Kepler

17. Provided observational proofs that the earth is a sphere? Aristotle

18. List one problem with optical astronomy. Need darkness, light pollution, atmosphere interferes

19. Collection of stars, dust, and gas bonded together by gravity? Galaxy

20. An instrument that collects electromagnetic radiation from the sky? Telescope

21. What is the apparent backward motion of planets called? Retrograde motion

22. What is the term for the furthest point from the sun? Aphelion

23. What causes seasons? Tilt

26. Shape of the orbit around the sun? Ellipse

27. What causes day and night? Rotation

28. What accounts for a year? Revolution

29. What is the longest day of the year? June 21-22 (1 st day of summer)

30. The shortest day of the year ? December 21-22 (1 st day of winter)

31. Term for the earth to be closest to the sun? Perihelion

32. Described as the power or the strength of the telescope? Magnification

33. The diameter of the lens or the mirrors? Aperture

34. Uses 4 large telescopes and several other small telescope? Very large telescopes

35. What season is it during the autumnal equinox? Fall or autumn

37. What is the speed of the rotation at the north pole? Zero

38. What is the tilt of the earth? 23 ½ degrees

39. List one piece of evidence that the earth rotates. Foucault pendulum, coriolis effect, constellations

40. List another piece of evidence that the earth rotates. Answers in question #33

41. List four reasons people began watching the night sky. Entertainment, time, religion, navigation

42. Which “dead guy” was placed under house arrest for publishing astronomical findings that went “against” the church? Galileo

43. Which has the largest effect on eccentricity (how elliptical the shape is), the distance between the foci or length of the ellipse? Distance between foci

44. What is the equation for eccentricity? *Using e, d, and L… E = d / L

45. If the area of sector A of a planet around the sun is 3947 m 2, according to Kepler’s second law the area of another sector (sector B) that represents the same amount of time should be? 3947 m 2

46. What is right ascension AND what unit is it measure in? Celestial Longitude; measured in hours and minutes