
History of Astronomy Retake
Authored by Jennifer Faulkner
Science
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Galileo NOT see?
Mountains on the earth's moon.
Uranus's moons Titania and Oberon.
Jupiter's 4 largest moons.
The phases of Venus.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which astronomer of antiquity made elaborate models of an earth-centered universe?
Copernicus
Aristarchus
Ptolemy
Tycho Brahe
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which astronomer of antiquity first applied a telescope to astronomical observation?
Ptolemy
Galileo Galilei
Tycho Brahe
Copernicus
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ancient Greeks believed, the earth to be the centr of the universe. What do we call this model?
Ptolemic System
Geocentric Universe
Heliocentric Universe
Copernican Model
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ancient astronomers used 'epicycles' to explain...?
Retrograde Motion
Constellation Movement
Moon's Phases
Planetary Transits
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tycho Brahe's biggest contribution to astronomy was...?
Accurate Observations of the stars and planets
His telescopic observations
Heliocentric Universe
His Silver Nose
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Examine the Diagram of the Solar System below. Which of the following astronomers held and promoted this view of the solar system?
Aristarchus
Ptolemy & Tycho Brahe
Copernicus
Johannes Kepler & Tycho Brahe
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