Early Astronomy grade 6

This view of the universe says the EARTH is in the center.

• egocentric

• heliocentric

• geocentric

• ethnocentric

This view of the universe says the SUN is in the center.

• egocentric

• heliocentric

• geocentric

• ethnocentric

This scientist believed the earth was the center of the universe by using many ancient ideas.

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Brahe

• Kepler

This scientist believed the sun was the center of the universe in 1543 (after 1500 years of geocentric beliefs).

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Brahe

• Kepler

This scientist believed the sun and moon orbit the earth and other planets orbit the sun.

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Brahe

• Kepler

This scientist believed the planets orbit the sun in an oval shape (elliptical - shape)

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Brahe

• Kepler

This scientist used a telescope to view the universe and discovered that planets are NOT stars! They're physical bodies like the earth!

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Newton

• Hubble

This scientist discovered that gravity was the magnetic force that causes the planets to orbit the sun.

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Newton

• Hubble

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

This scientist discovered that other galaxies exist beyond our own Milky Way.

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Newton

• Hubble

Astronomy is the study of

• dogs

• asteroids

• universe

• feet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3