Astronomical Phenomenon

______________ is a terrestrial motion made by humans and animals which depicts the movement of humans and animals due to their will as the primary cause of motion.

• Natural Motion

• Violent Motion

• Voluntary Motion

• Involuntary Motion

It was a motion where we see the sun rises at the east horizon and sets down at the west horizon. The Greeks explained this phenomenon by introducing the concept of celestial spheres. What motion was explaining the occurrence of day and night?

• Annual Motion

• Diurnal Motion

• Precession of Equinoxes

• None of the Above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In 1543, a revolutionary idea opposing geocentric views of the universe arose again. It was __________________

who argued that the Ptolemaic model was a good portrait of positions of the planet but as time passed, it was not precise anymore. Who proposed the GEOCENTRISM?

• Copernicus

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

• Democritus

• None of the above

According to Kepler’s third Law, which quantity is the period of revolution a planet related?

• Gravitational attraction of sun and the planet

• Mass of the planet

• Size of the planet

• Distance along the semi-major axis

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Which statement is not true about Galileo?

• He invented the telescope

• He observed the moon of Jupiter

• He discovered the sunspot

• His observation to phases of Venus supported heliocentric model

Who was the first astronomer who suggested that the Earth rotates on its axis?

• Tycho Brahe

• Aristotle

• Aristarchus

• Eudoxus

Which is not true about Aristotle’s astronomical belief?

• He supported the idea of geocentric universe.

• He believed that the world is sphere.

• He suggested that Earth is revolving around the sun.

• He believed in celestial spheres.

He observed that during Lunar Eclipse, the Earth's shadow was reflected on the Moon's surface. He stated that the shadow was circular, therefore, he concluded that the Earth is circular.

• Anaxagoras

• Aristotle

• Pythagoras

• Eratosthenes

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What is the reason why Pluto was removed as part of the Solar System?

• Because it rotates on its own axis.

• Because it has its own orbit.

• Because it has the ability to revolving around the sun

• Because it has the ability to change orbit.

What is the other term of Copernican Model of Astronomical Phenomenon?

• Geocentric

• Biocentric

• Heliocentic

• Airocentic