Ancient Astronomy

Which civilization created the Big Horn medicine wheel?

• Aztecs

• Greeks

• North American Indians

• Egyptians

Who discovered the heliocentric model of the universe?

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Hubble

Who is responsible for discovering 3 Laws of Motion and developing calculus to predict the motion and size of celestial objects?

• Einstein

• Brahe

• Kepler

• Newton

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Who's contributions led to the calculation of eccentricity of planetary orbits around the Sun?

• Kepler

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Newton

The two most famous believers of the geocentric model of the universe were:

• Orville and Wilbur Wright

• Kepler and Tycho Brahe

• Copernicus and Galileo

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

Kepler's 1st Law of Planetary Motion states that each planet's path around the Sun is in the shape of a/an:

• Ellipse

• Ecliptic

• Circle

• Rhombus

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While observing the planet Venus through his telescope, Galileo observed that it changed size and shape over a period of months. What conclusion did this help him come to?

• The Earth is round

• The Sun goes around the Earth

• Venus goes around the Sun

• Venus has four moons

Which astronomer of antiquity made elaborate models of an earth-centered universe?

• Copernicus
• Aristarchus
• Ptolemy
• Tycho Brahe

Ancient astronomers used 'epicycles' to explain...?

• Retrograde Motion
• Constellation Movement
• Moon's Phases
• Planetary Transits

Ancient civilizations achieved all of the following in astronomy EXCEPT...

• Keeping track of the time of day

• Keeping track of the time of year

• Tracked stages of the star cycle

• Tracked cycles of the Moon

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