Solar System Models Quiz

The Word "Helio" Refers To?

• Earth
• Mars
• Sun
• Juputer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Word "Geo" Means?

• Sun
• Earth
• Milky way
• Back

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars. This includes the sun revolving around the Earth. This model is no longer supported.

• Geocentric
• Heliocentric

A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

• Heliocentric
• Geocentric

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Whose heliocentric model is seen as the first step in the development of the modern models of the solar system?

• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Kepler

The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is

• Ptolomy
• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Kepler

What new technology did Galileo use to make his observations?

• Telescope

• Microscope

• Eyeglasses

• Mirrors

What did Galileo think was the center of the solar system?

• The sun

• The Earth

• Jupiter

• A huge turtle

Which two astronomers believed in geocentric model?

• Aristotle and Copernicus

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

• Copernicus and Galileo

• Galileo and Aristotle

Models of the solar system with Sun at the center are called _____________________ models.

• geocentric

• heliocentric

• terrestrial

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1