Astronomers

Aristotle thought the _____________ was the center of all things. In his model, the moon, sun, planets and stars circled it.

• Sun

• Earth

• Solar System

• Galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Who made improvements on the telescope?

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Galileo

How many laws did Kepler have about space?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following are Kepler's laws?

• Planets orbit in elliptical paths around the sun

• Planets move faster in their obit when they are closer to the sun

• Planets travel at a constant speed in a perfect circle

• The distance a planet is to the sun determines how long it takes to orbit it

Which astronomer observed 4 moons of Jupiter, a supernova, sunspots and the phases of Venus?

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

Which astronomer said, " Hey, hold your horses! Something doesn't add up here! These planets don't travel around the sun in a perfect circle. Their orbit is an ellipse!"

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Whose sun-centered detailed model was the first step in the development of our today's model of the solar system.

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Armstrong

• Heliocentric

Who would have said, " I originally proposed the heliocentric model but not many would believe me."

• Ptolemy

• Sun- Centered

• Aristarchus

• Dr. Pope

"I came up with the "wheels on wheels" geocentric model and everyone went along with my idea for 14 centuries"

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Aristarchus

What is the name of the first model of the solar system with the Earth at the center of the universe?

• Galilean Model

• Geographic Model

• Heliocentric Model

• Geocentric Model