Topic 15. Space Research

Astronomical observations and calculations assisted _________ in their daily lives.

• Teotihuacán

• Mayas

• Monte Albán

• Tajin

the most important factor to Mayans was:

• Solar system

• Places

• Life

• Time

One of the astronomical discoveries of the Mayans was the knowledge of the agricultural cycles?

True or false.

• True

• False

Select 3 Mayan astronomical discoveries:

• Calendar with two overlapping annual cycles.

• Prediction of eclipses, sun rise and sunset, moon phases

• Location of the Moon, Sun, Venus, other planets, star clusters

• Discovery of fire

Is the theory of the origin and existence of the Universe:

• Geography

• Ecology

• Ethics

• Cosmogony

According to the chronology of the human cosmogony in what civilization it was believed that the Goddess Nut ate the sun every day and gave birth to it at every dawn.

• Egypt (3050-332 BC)

• Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (1995)

• William Herschel (1785)

• Edwin Hubble (1923)

According to the chronology of the human cosmogony in which period it was believed that the Earth was flat and was located in the middle of the Universe. The Sun, the Moon, planets and starts revolved around it.

• William Herschel (1785)

• Middle Age (800 BC - 529 AD)

• Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (1995)

• Mesoamerica (1400BC - 1492 AD): Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs

He was the first to map the Milky Way. He found the galaxy to be flatenned with the Sun near the middle.

• Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (1995)

• Edwin Hubble (1923)

• Middle Age (800 BC - 529 AD)

• William Herschel (1785)

Scientific discoveries and inventions are useless unless they are shared not only within the scientific community but to the public in general.

True or False

• True

• False

They are traditional ways of communicating science

• Books, scientific journals, congress, universities

• Blog, websites

• Online news, massive emails

• Documentaries, educational and viral videos, short films