History of Astronomy Quiz

What were the ancient astronomers able to accomplish even though they only had simple tools?

• Calculate planetary orbits

• Measure distances to stars

• Predict solstices and make calendars

• Launch rockets

In the model proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus', which object was at the center of the universe?

• Sun

• Earth

• Milky Way galaxy

• Mars

Ancient Greeks believed, the earth to be the center of the universe. What do we call this model?

• Geocentric universe

• Heliocentric universe

• Copernican model

• Earthcentric

_____ was an early astronomer who published his heliocentric theory of the Universe.

• Aristarchus
• Kepler
• Copernicus
• Galileo

Planets orbit the Sun in a shape called a(n)

• circle
• ellipse
• focus
• perihelion

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Which astronomer created the 3 planetary laws of motion. 

• Copernicus
• Kepler
• Newton
• Galileo

This scientist discovered that the Universe is expanding

• Newton

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Hubble

____ was an American astronomer with a large space telescope named after him.

• Hubble
• Ptolemy
• Newton
• Galileo

Around what year did Isaac Newton build the first reflecting telescope?

• 1668

• 3,000 B.C

• 1600 B.C

• 1923

Which astronomer discovered a comet that was eventually named after her?

• Maria Mitchell

• Henrietta Swan Leavitt

• Lynn Margulis

• Rosalind Franklin