Questions posted by JudgeIronFist
Originally posted by JudgeIronFist:
From the time people first connected the movements of the heavens
with the changing of day into night, there has been a fascination
with the night sky.In early times, sky watchers saw the heavens in
religious terms and were awed by them,The sky was the home of the
gods as they controlled day and night,storms and the great eclipses
of the sun and moon.Astronomer- priests studies the skies and kept
Records of the stars and planets that could be seen there,In those
early days, there was no clear distinction between
astrology- a belief in the influence of the stars on our everyday
lives- and astronomy- scientific study of them.
From Passage A
From paragraph 1:
1 The author implies that the attitude of early people to the skies
was mixed with fear.Write down the one word in the
paragraph that tells us this.[1]
2 Why does the author refer to those who studied the skies at that
time as 'astronomer- priests'? [2]
Originally posted by JudgeIronFist:
'They're alive', gasped Gordon
'Of course we're alive,' came another the rather fractious reply.
"what kept you?'
10 Ali swallowed hard when he realised ' the
enormity of the situation'. What did he fear had happened?
