AST 1002 Openstax Astronomy Chapter 1 and

Beyond Reading Questions

g. Name two people discussed in
Name -William Cerrito section 2.4.

Many sections of chapter 1 are closely related to Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei
sections of later chapters. These connections will
be explored in these reading questions.
h. What is the name of chapter 3?

Orbits and Gravity

1. Sections 1.1 and 1.2 both make reference
to history – either of the universe or the
history of scientific developments. The
history of astronomy is a major topic in i. Name two people discussed in
both chapters 2 and 3. section 3.1

a. What is the name of chapter 2? Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler

Observing the sky: the birth of Astronomy

j. Name one person discussed in
section 3.2.
b. What is the name of section 2.2?
Isaac Newton
Ancient Astronomy

2. In a couple sentences, describe the major

c. Name three cultures discussed in
section 2.2.
Egyptians, Chinese, Mayans
themes of section 1.3.
The major theme of this section are the similarities
of natures and our scientific laws can be used to
expand our knowledge on everything around us

d. Name three people discussed in

section 2.2. 3. In section 1.4, what are two units
discussed?
Ptolemy, Hipparchus, Eratosthenes
a light-year or of 3 × 105 kilometers per second
(km/s) and the metric International System of
Units, or Si

e. Whose model of the solar system 4. Section 1.5 is closely related to chapter 19.
is discussed in a subsection of
a. What is the name of chapter 19?
section 2.2?
Celestial Distances
Ptolemy’s model

b. What is the name of section 19.1?

f. What is the name of section 2.4?
Fundamental Units of Distance
The birth of modern Astronomy
 b. What is the name of section 5.4?

c. What type of units are discussed in The Structure of the Atom

section 19.1?

The Metric system of units

c. What is the name of chapter 20?

Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space

5. Section 1.6 is related to chapters 4, 7,15,
and 25.

a. What is the name of section 1.6?

A tour of the Universe

b. What is the name of chapter 4?

Earth, Moon, Sky

c. What is the name of chapter 7?

Other Worlds: An introduction to the solar system

d. What is the name of section 7.1?

Overview of Our Planetary Surface

e. What is the name of chapter 15?

The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star

f. What is the name of chapter 25?

The Milky Way Galaxy

6. Section 1.8 is closely related to section 5.4

and chapter 20.

a. What is the name of section 1.8?

The Universe of the Very Small