Download 5-4 to 5-6 Worksheet - School District of La Crosse

SCORE______
ASTRONOMY
History packet 5-4 to 5-6
NAME____________
1. What was Plato’s problem?
2. What did plato want to explain?
3. What was Plato not dealing with?
4. What could Plato explain?
5. What motion did Plato have trouble explaining?
6. What was the idea of a Greek explanation?
7. Why did they have to build a model of their ideas?
8. Describe the way a greek model or idea had to be.
9. What did the greek believe about nature?
10. What was the first system developed by the greeks, and what does it mean?
11. The star were attached to what, and how long did it take for one revolution?
12. Where are the sun, moon, planets located within this scheme?
13. What did the greeks believe about the heavens?
14How do the substance on earth compare to the substances in the heavens?
15.What is the special substance for which the heavens are created of?
16. Do the heavens obey the same laws as those found on earth?
17.Describe the motions of the heavens.
18. How many spheres did Eudoxus propose for the motions of the heavens?
19.Aristotle later decided what?
20. How many spheres is now in the heavens?
21.What happens to the simple and accurate model of the greek idea?
22.How was this a great problem for the greeks?