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The Homework Board If I give homework for a lesson, I will post it here at the end, so check after each lesson. I will give you instructions on how to submit it, how much time you have and most importantly, how many points it's worth. So get in and help out your house! |
Lesson 1 Write me a short message (no more than 5 lines) on why you like, or chose, Astronomy. PM your answers along with your name, house and member number - please make sure it is correct - if you know it. You have 3 days to complete it. |
Lesson 2 PM your answers along with your name, house and member number (see thread in classroom if you dont know it yet) to me. You have 3 days to complete it. It is worth a total of 10 points. Good luck! 1. How far is the earth from the sun? (1) 2. What is the difference between the two diametre's of earth? (2) 3. What shape is the earth described as (that we talked about in class). (2) 4. What is the length of the earth's orbit? (2) 5. What are the 5 layers of the earth's composition? (3) |
Lesson 3 PM me your answers along with your name, house and member number. The homework is worth up to 20 points! You have 4 days to hand it in. 1. When are where was Copernicus born, and when was his death. (2) 2. What was Copernicus’ best known theory called? (3) 3. When and where was Galileo born, and when was his death? (2) 4. True or false, one of Galileo’s main contributions to Astronomy was the use of the telescope in observation and discovery. (2) 5. When are where was Brahe born, and when was his death. (2) 6. True or false, although Brahe saw merit in the Copernican theory, he still believed that the planets circled the earth. (3) 7. Kepler is most noted for discovering what laws of the planets? (3) 8. What branch of Mathematics did Sir Isaac Newton create? (1) 9. True or false, Hubble said that the universe was not expanding. (1) 10. What percentage of the galaxies that Hubble observed where regular? (1) |
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