Astronomy: The Original Science

The time required for the Earth to orbit once around the sun is called a

• month

• minute

• year

• day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The time required for the Earth to rotate once on its axis is called a

• minute

• year

• day

• spinny spin spin

A division of the year that is based on the orbit of the moon around the Earth is a

• day

• week

• month

• semester

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The geocentric theory suggested that the ____________ is at the center of the universe.

• Earth

• Roman Empire

• Sun

• Moon

The heliocentric theory suggested that the ____________ was at the center of the universe.

• Earth

• Moon

• Sun

• Helium

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This Greek astronomer's geocentric theories were thought to be true for over 1,500 years.

• Picasso

• Plato

• Ptolemy

• Pink

This Polish astronomer was the first to suggest that the sun was at the center of the universe in 1543.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Leonardo DiCaprio

• Edwin Hubble

• Isaac Newton

Which Danish astronomer lost most of his nose in a sword duel?

• Mike Tyson

• Little Tykes

• Tycho Brahe

• Tertullian of Carthage

Tycho Brahe died of a bladder infection but may have also been poisoned by:

• Lead

• Mercury

• Arsenic

• Pesticide

Which of the following did NOT help make Tycho Brahe's discvories possible?

• an assistant named Kepler

• money

• elaborate equipment

• his job at NASA