L1 PR #1 (A) Early Astronomers Geocentric Model

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  What does "geo-" mean?

• Earth
• sun
• Center

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This image shows the:

• Geocentric Solar System
• Heliocentric Solar System

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What object is at the center of the geocentric model?

• Earth

• Sun

• Moon

• Jupiter

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This person was a Greek philosopher who believed the universe centered around the Earth in a perfect circle

• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Aristotle
• Galileo

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What reasoning did Aristotle use to explain the way that objects in the universe move? Objects move in...

• elliptical orbits with Earth at center

• circles with Earth at center

• elliptical orbits with sun at center

• circles on with Sun at center

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Which of the following is NOT a contribution of Ptolemy to astronomy?

• He named over 1,000 stars and constellations

• He used geometry to predict planetary movement

• He believed the Sun was at the center of the universe

• He thought planets move in little circles that move in bigger circles

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Match the following

• Believed that the planets moved in small circles that move in bigger circles around the Earth.

• Given credit that the Earth is the center of the universe. He believed the planets moved in perfect circles around the Earth.

• The theory that the Earth is the center of the revolving planets and stars.

Ptolemy

Aristotle

The Geocentric Model Theory

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• The Geocentric Model Theory

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Which two scientists are associated with the Geocentric Model of the universe?

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

• Copernicus and Ptolemy

• Copernicus and Galileo

• Galileo and Aristotle

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Which theory stated that Earth was the center of the solar system?

• Big Bang Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

• Oscillating Theory

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Which of the following best describes the geocentric model proposed by early astronomers such as Aristotle and Ptolemy?

• The Sun is at the center of the universe and all planets revolve around it.

• The Earth is at the center of the universe and all celestial bodies revolve around it.

• The Moon is at the center of the universe and all planets revolve around it.

• The stars are at the center of the universe and everything else revolves around them.

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This is a model of which theory?

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

• Big Bang Theory

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Which two astronomers believed in the Geocentric Model theory?

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

• Copernicus and Galileo

• Newton and Kepler

• Einstein and Hubble