Astronomy DSST Test Review Questions and Answers

In the development of _______________ thought, certain original and imaginative individuals began to make systematic observations of celestial objects to formulate theories and explain their behavior. Astronomical The _______________ must call upon all his resources of ingenuity and employ more clever devises than the most astute detective to solve the problems of his business. Astronomer The first significant development of astronomy as a science took place in ancient _____________. Greece The earliest Greek scientists were the ______________, who lived in what is now Asia Minor. Ionians _________________ was originally an Ionian in belief, but later founded a school of thought of his own regarding the shape of the planets. Pythagoras A member of the Pythagorean school, ______________ was the first to introduce the concept that the Earth is in motion. Philolaus One of the most famous of the Greek philosophers was ________________. Aristotle The shape of the _________ in the sky depends simply on how much of its daylight hemisphere is turned to our view. Moon _______________ of Samos was the first astronomer of the Alexandrian school and devised an ingenious method to find the relative distances from the Earth to the sun and moon. Aristarchus Aristarchus also devised an ingenious technique to determine the relative ___________ of the sun, moon, and Earth. Sizes The _________________ hypothesis states that the Earth orbits the sun and the Earth is not the center of the universe. Heliocentric The greatest astronomer of ancient times was _________________. Hipparchus