Introduction to Astronomy

Intro to Astronomy
Misconceptions

Archaeoastronomy
Equitorial Coordinates
Understanding the Seasons

Answers

1. The science which concerns itself with the study of all matter-energy in the universe.

2. distributed

3. movements

4. rotation

5. revolution

6. solid, liquid, gas, plasma

7. plasma

8. ions

9. evolution, cosmology

10. composition

11. qualitative

12. quantitative

13. hydrogen, 75

14. proton, electron

15. 186,000 miles/sec (300,000 km/sec)

16. the distance that light travels in one year, approximately six trillion miles (9 trillion km)

17. big bang

18. electromagnetic spectrum

19. steady state

20. solar system

21. ecliptic

22. galaxies

23. 93,000,000 miles (150,000,000 km)

24. astronomical unit

25. black hole

26. oscillating or accordion universe

27. universe