Science Form 3_Chap 10.1 Development in Astronomy

What is the term for Earth being in the center?

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• sun centered
• Galileo

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

• Ptolomy
• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Kepler

Which scientist found that planetary orbits were elliptical?

• Galileo
• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Kepler

Galileo approached questions in a fashion that is now known as what?

• scientific theory
• scientific method
• earth science
• scientific law

Which is not evidence for the geocentric model?

• The sun moves across the sky from east to west every day.
• The moon moves around the Earth every day.
• The stars move across the sky every night.
• The planets display retrograde movement in the sky. 

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

• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Kepler

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

• Heliocentric
• Geocentric

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

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

The Word "Helio" Refers To?

• Earth
• Mars
• Sun
• Juputer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Word "Geo" Means?

• Sun
• Earth
• Milky way
• Back

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1