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Turn this worksheet into Kayla the end of class 9/22 she will correct and hand back 9/23.
Unit 2 - Big Bang Lesson 1
How did our Understanding of the Universe Change?
Directions: Capture the Key Ideas
Since this video is particularly dense and covers a lot of material, take notes while you are watching.
1). What question do all origin stories ask?
2). Each origin story makes a claim about how the Universe began. Why do these claims change over time?
3). What origin story will we be studying in this unit?
4). What religion dominated Europe 500 years ago? Where did this religion think the Universe came from?
What model did they base their answer off of?
5). What was Ptolemys model of the Universe?
Ptolemy said that the Universe (the Sun and all planets) revolved around the Earth. TRUE or FALSE
6). What was introduced beginning 1550 1700 that undermined Ptolemys theory of the Universe?
VOCAB
undermine
verb
to weaken or ruin
7). What was Copernicuss model of the Universe?
Copernicus suggested that the Earth and other planets revolve around the _________________.
8). Kepler said that the orbits of the planets were not circles, they were ___________________.
9). Galileo used a banging new instrument called a ___________________________________ instead of the
naked eye to examine the sky, stars, universe.
10). New technologies, evidence, and logic finally undermined _________________s theory of the Universe.
11). What was Newtons theory of the Universe?
Newton argued that there is no center of the Universe. He claimed they were held together by a mysterious
force called ___________________, which pervaded the entire Universe. Newton thought the Universe was
infinitely large and infinitely old.
12). What are three ways scientists measure the distance between the earth and the stars / how they move?
12). What did Hubble discover with his telescope in 1920 in Los Angeles?
Galaxies were moving closer to the Earth OR further away from the Earth (circle one)
The further galaxies were from the Earth, they were moving _____________
The Universe is getting smaller OR expanding (circle on)
How the Greeks did it
Parallax
How Henrietta Leavitt did it
Cepheid stars!
Based on the Doppler Effect
Red Shifting
Check for Understanding
1). Timeline of Events fill in the timeline as you watch the video to help you keep events in order remember
that past to future moves left to right
----------|-------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|------------->
1900 years ago 600 years ago 400 years ago 350 years ago 90 years ago
2).
Ptolemy invents his
model in __________
Newton introduces a
force called ________
________ uses the Mount
Wilson telescope in LA
Copernicus suggests ________
is in center of Universe
Galileo uses his
telescope!
3).
4).