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23 Cards in this Set
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Amateur astronomers have made important discoveries in astronomy.
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true
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Astrology is helpful to understand events on earth
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false
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There are many stars and other objects in the universe.
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true
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Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences
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true
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The invention of the telescope was not important to astronomy.
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false
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For Christians, the discoveries of astronomy must be compatible with our faith in God as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe.
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true
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The sun orbits around the earth.
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false
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The Hubble Space Telescope can detect objects 50 times fainter than those which can be seen from the surface of the earth.
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true
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Tycho Brahe analyzed the motions of the planets and predicted their motions.
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true
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Albert Einstein developed the first radio telescope.
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false
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Isaac Newton invented the ____________ telescope.
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reflecting
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Karl Jansky, an American engineer, discovered ___________from outer space.
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radio waves
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Two identical telescopes, Keck I and Keck II, are located in _______________.
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Hawaii
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The ancient Egyptians made predictions of springtime by observing certain stars in the sky.
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true
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An American astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh, discovered ______________________.
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pluto
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designed the radio telescope
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Grote Weber
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the study of stars and other objects in the universe
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astronomy
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made charts of star positions
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Chinese
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said sun revolved around earth
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Ptolemy
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said earth revolved around sun
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Copernicus
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discovered law of gravitation
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Newton
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invented refracting telescope for astronomy
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Galileo
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demonstrated the universe is expanding
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Hubble
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