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Early Astronomers

Authored by Nancy Cobb

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6th - 8th Grade

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Early Astronomers
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?

Sun
Comet 
Jupiter
Earth

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

  What does "geo-" mean?

Earth
sun
Center

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This person believed that planets move on small circles that move on larger circles

Ptolemy
Copernicus
Galileo
Aristotle

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This person discovered moons on Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory 

Aristotle
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Galileo

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This person developed the heliocentric theory and was considered the founder of modern astronomy.

Aristotle
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Galileo

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This person was the first to use a telescope to make observations in the sky -

Aristotle
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Galileo

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which astronomer created laws of gravity and motion? 

Kepler
Copernicus
Brahe 
Newton

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