Earth Science-Solar System

Who created the geocentric or Earth-centered model of the solar system?

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

Who is given credit for the Sun-centered or heliocentric model of the solar system?

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Galileo

Who is given credit for epicycles (planets move in small circles) model of the solar system?

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Galileo

Who is given credit for discovering that 4 moons travel around Jupiter?

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Galileo

Which is not one of Kepler's Laws?

• Ellipses

• Equal Areas

• Periods

• Gravity

What planet is closest to the sun?

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

• Mercury

What are the four inner planets?

• Earth, Uranus, Mercury, Venus

• Mercury Venus Earth Saturn

• Mars, Earth , Mercury, Venus

• Mars, Earth, Neptune, Mercury

What are the outer planets?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Neptune

• Saturn, Neptune, Mars, Uranus

• Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

What is the fourth planet from the sun?

• Mars

• Earth

• Saturn

• Venus

What is at the center of our solar system?

• asteroid belt

• Earth

• sun

• moon