EdPuzzle: What is Astronomy? (Introduction to Astronomy)

Define Astronomy

• the study of stars

• the study of the sky and the atmosphere

• How star constellations affect our personalities

• the study of the universe beyond earth's atmosphere

Patterns formed by stars in the night sky are called

• auroras

• constellations

• blue stragglers

• globulars

Which scientist made major improvements to the telescope?

• Darwin

• Mendel

• Galileo

• Hess

The scientist who made important discoveries about the moon around Jupiter.

• Thompson

• Einstein

• Thorndike

• Galileo

The scientist who developed ideas about how the planets orbit around the sun.

• Keplar

• Thompson

• Ohm

• Einstein

These astronomers study the Sun.

• Solar astronomers

• Galactic astronomers

• Extragalactic astronomers

• Cosmologists

These astronomers study the Milky Way.

• Solar astronomers

• Galactic astronomers

• Extragalactic astronomers

• Cosmologists

These astronomers study the galaxies outside of the Milky Way.

• Solar astronomers

• Galactic astronomers

• Extragalactic astronomers

• Cosmologists

These astronomers study the universe in its entirety.

• Solar astronomers

• Galactic astronomers

• Extragalactic astronomers

• Cosmologists