Ch 4 History Of Space

Question 1

V: moves east and West in 24 hours.
Moves north and south along the horizon.
Moves west to east among the fixed stars.
Goes through phases on a regular cycle.

Answer 1

Moon

Question 2

V: first day of summer, longest day of light

Answer 2

Summer Solstice

Question 3

V: September 22nd -first day of fall

Equal day and night

Answer 3

Autumnal Equinox

Question 4

V: 1st day of winter -Dec 21st

Shortest day light hours

Answer 4

Winter Solstice

Question 5

V: 1st day of Spring

Equal day and night

Answer 5

Vernal Equinox

Question 6

V: Moves east to west in 24 hours.
Moves north and south along the horizon.
Moves west to east on among the fixed stars.

Answer 6

Planet

Question 7

V: 5 planets visible within the unaided eye

Answer 7

Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter 
Saturn

Question 8

V: At times planets appear to stop and move backwards in the sky

Answer 8

Retrograde Motion

Question 9

V: Fixed in A giant sphere around the earth

Sphere makes one complete rotation every 24 hours

Answer 9

Stars

Question 10

V: The motions in the heavens were around a centrically located Earth motion of all, heavenly bodies had to be in perfect circles and at a constant speed

Answer 10

Geocentric Model

Question 11

Person: 400BC 1st to come up with geocentric model

Answer 11

Plato

Question 12

P: added additional spheres to Plato’s model

Answer 12

Aristotle

Question 13

P: use the teachings of Aristotle to convince the Catholic to adopt the geocentric model as dogma of the church

Answer 13

Thomas Aquinas

Question 14

Vocabulary: Moves East to West in 24 hours.
Moves north and south along the horizon.
Moves West to east among the background rate of 1° per day (direct motion)

Answer 14

Sun