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Question 1: You are required to go to a meeting for government class, so you choose one of the the following two options. (6)
Option A: A school board meeting is focused on the approval of the new science standards. There is a group of people who are protesting because the standards choose the 'false religion of the big bang and evolution' over 'Biblical Truth and creationism.' What's the problem, and how do you solve it?
Option B: Your cousin calls you in a panic, asking for advice. S/he has had a reading done at a local fortune telling shop, and it said that, according to the stars and the planets, s/he is in a 'critical time of decision-making that must carefully be navigated to resolve the future.' What type of postive/negative feedback should you give?
Question 2: Pick two of the following constellations and use an online planetarium program like Stellarium to find the distances in light years, and the absolute magnitudes of the brightest 5 stars. Tell me the program used. Make certain that you are not all picking the same constellation by working two people to one computer.(5)
Question 1: You are required to go to a meeting for government class, so you choose one of the the following two options. (6)
Option A: A school board meeting is focused on the approval of the new science standards. There is a group of people who are protesting because the standards choose the 'false religion of the big bang and evolution' over 'Biblical Truth and creationism.' What's the problem, and how do you solve it?
Option B: Your cousin calls you in a panic, asking for advice. S/he has had a reading done at a local fortune telling shop, and it said that, according to the stars and the planets, s/he is in a 'critical time of decision-making that must carefully be navigated to resolve the future.' What type of postive/negative feedback should you give?
Question 2: Pick two of the following constellations and use an online planetarium program like Stellarium to find the distances in light years, and the absolute magnitudes of the brightest 5 stars. Tell me the program used. Make certain that you are not all picking the same constellation by working two people to one computer.(5)
- Draco
- Cassiopeia
- Cepheus
- Ursa Minor
Question 3: Using the Powerpoint for the first unit as needed, explain why we have seasons.(5)
Question 4: Why can both hemispheres see the constellations on the Ecliptic, but not all people can see the northern star(5)
Question 5: How was the work of Galileo a combination of science, religion, and politics? Repeat this question for another astronomer mentioned in this class (10)
Question 6: Pick one of these science pairs and tell me how one is connected to another in the study of Astronomy. (8)
- Galileo/Newton
- Brahe/Kepler
- Aristotle/Galileo
Question 7: Why does parallax tell us that not all stars are the same distance from earth? (3)
Question 8: Explain why studying starlight is a journey into the past. (3)
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