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Science Final Study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do the motion of the stars tell us? | Time, Rotation |
| What is a pattern of the stars called? | Story books |
| When were the Pleiades created? | 100 million years ago |
| How much brighter are the Pleiades than our Sun? | 40 times brighter |
| What stars were used as a eye test? | Pleiades |
| How many stars make up the Pleiades? | 7 stars |
| What chased the 7 native American women to the rock? | Bear(s) |
| What did the Native Americans rock become after(during) the attack? | Clif The bears clawed at the rock to try to get the girls but failed |
| Who chased the 7 maidens in Geek mythology? | O ryan (Consolation) (Women prayed to Zeus, they turned into white doves) |
| Are there more stars of planets? | Planets |
| What is our complete cosmic address? | Earth, Solar System, Orion Arm, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Laniakea Supercluster, the Universe, Observable universe |
| What powers earth? | Our sun |
| Order of the planets | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Rocky belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| Largest Mass, more than all planets combined | Jupiter |
| Which planets were not discovered until the invention of the telescope? | Uranus, Neptune |
| How many light years away is Earth from the center of our galaxy? | 30000 light years |
| How many light years is the Milky way? | 10000 light years |
| What is the name of the space craft that has gone the furthest from Earth? | Voyager 1 |
| What is the region called that is a cloud of comets, surrounding our solar system? | Oort Cloud |
| What does she whole universe look like to you? | Endless darkness, and glittering light Spider webs |
| What astronomer was burned at the stake for being right about the universe/solar system? | Giordano Bruno |
| Was Bruno right about the solar system/universe? | Yes |
| How old is our universe? | 13.8 billion years old |
| What date did our galaxy form? | March 15 |
| What date did our sun form? | August 31 |
| How much time does human history occupy? | The last second of the last day, last night 3-5 minutes |
| How many seconds before midnight on December was writing invented? | 14 seconds |
| How many seconds was Moses born? | 7 seconds |
| How many seconds was Buddha born? | 6 seconds |
| How many seconds was Jesus born? | 5 seconds |
| How many seconds was Mohammad born? | 3 seconds |
| How many seconds was it when American was discovered? | Less than 2 seconds |
| How many seconds was when science was used to discover things about the world around us? | 1 second |
| Who was Carl Sagan? | Best science communicator Could teach science to anyone, could make it make sense to anyone |
| What are Humans and the planets (Earth) made out of? | Star dust |