Astronomical Phenomena Before Telescopes(L2)

Question 1

What planet’s position was used in Mayan belief in deciding to go to battle against another tribe?

Answer 1

Venus

Question 2

How long is a month of lunar phases?

Answer 2

29.5 days

Question 3

Which movement causes lunar phases?

Answer 3

The moon’s revolution

Question 4

Which eclipse would you experience if you are standing in the Moon’s umbra?

Answer 4

Total solar

Question 5

Which refers to the group of constellations through which the Sun appears to move?

Answer 5

Zodiac

Question 6

What astronomical phenomenon occurs when the moon temporarily blocks the Sun’s light and casts a shadow on Earth?

Answer 6

Solar eclipse

Question 7

What astronomical phenomenon occurs when Earth blocks the light from the Sun and casts a shadow on the Moon?

Answer 7

Lunar eclipse

Question 8

How did the ancient people of Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria calculate the year’s approximate length?

Answer 8

By looking, observing, and taking data of the motion of star sirius

Question 9

What would likely be the possible explanation why ancient people knew the existence of of planets

Answer 9

The planets have no fixed position in the sky