GREEK GUTS

Scientific Method

The Greeks advanced science from the previous era by doing what?

Why did Aristotle have time to “sit around and think”?

What was the major flaw of Greek science?

Given a situation, create an explanatory story.

Ecosystems

What do we call the male part of the flower?

What do we call the female part of the flower?

Why would Aristotle think the brain was for cooling blood?

Why do we view the heart on valentines to have the shape it does?

Classification

Why did Aristotle classify dolphins as a beast of the land?

What is the problem with classifying animals by the way they move?

Astronomy Observations

Be able to identify various constellations by simple dot diagrams.

List the planets of the Ptolemiac Solar System in order.

What did Ptolemy call the “corrections” he made to his solar system to explain the

backwards motion of planets?

What two celestial objects does Ptolemy have named after him?

What is special about the year 46 BC?

What was believed to be special about the orbits of Mercury and Venus?

May 25, 585 BC is believed to be the first known date.  How do we know this?

What does “heliocentric” mean?

What does “geocentric” mean?

What does “homocentric” mean?

Earth Supporting Life

How does an atmosphere help Earth support life?

Venus and Mars have atmospheres but no life.  Why?

Forces and Motion

What did Aristotle mean when he said, “Moving an oxcart with one’s finger is inherently

impossible”?

According to the Greeks, do heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones? 

Please draw Aristotle’s five realms of matter and explain why he believed motion

occurred.  List at least three examples of this motion.

Geology

Please be able to match cross sections with the contour maps that represent them.

Xenophanes found seashells at the tops of mountains.  From this what can we assume?

What volcano destroyed Pompeii?

Explain the process of subduction.

 

 

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