Astronomy Quiz #1

What is at the middle of a Heliocentric system?

• Mars

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is at the middle of a Geocentric system?

• Sun

• Neptune

• Earth

• The Universe

Who proposed the Heliocentric system?

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Galileo

What does the Heliocentric system look like?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Copernicus is attributed with coming up with what model of the solar system?

• geocentric

• heliocentric

• geo-heliocentric

Tycho Brahe believed in a geo-heliocentric cosmos. What does that mean?

• the sun and other planets revolve around earth

• the sun orbits the earth but the other planets revolve around the sun

• the earth and other planets revolve around the sun

• our solar system revolves around the Milky Way galaxy

Who came up with three laws explaining planetary motion?

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

Who refined the telescope which led to more and better observations of the distant planets?

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

Isaace Newton did which of the following?

• mathematically perfected the astronomical system of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo

• mathematically described how gravity works

• introduced calculus to the world

• refined the telescope to make better observations

Which list is organized from SMALLEST to Largest?

• Planet, Galaxy, Solar System, Universe

• Solar System, Planet, Universe, Galaxy

• Universe, Solar System, Planet, Galaxy

• Planet, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe