23A Modeling the Solar System

23A Modeling the Solar System

Multiple Choice

The geocentric theory was useful because it

• placed all the solar system objects in their correct relationships

• proved that the earth rotated

• provided a workable model of the sky and the most important objects in it

• predicted the appearance of comets

Multiple Choice

Certain Christian philosophers in the Middle Ages argued the that Ptolemaic model agreed with the Bible because

• it showed how small and insignificant humans were in the universe

• it seemed to support the central importance of man and the earth

• the sun was given a place of prominence

• the Bible arranges the solar system the way the Ptolemaic system did

Multiple Choice

What early assumptions of the heliocentric theory caused inaccuracies in many of its calculations.

• Each planet rotates on its axis

• Planets move in circular orbits

• The moon revolves around the earth

• The sun is the center of the universe

Multiple Choice

Copernicus

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

Multiple Choice

Ptolemy

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

Multiple Choice

Kepler

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

Multiple Choice

Newton

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

Multiple Choice

Elliptical orbits

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

Multiple Choice

Galileo

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

Multiple Choice

In the modern heliocentric theory, planets stay the same distance from the sun throughout their orbits.

• True

• False