Astronomy final review

A heliocentric view of the universe places ____________ at the center.

• the moon
• Earth
• the sun
• Alpha Centauri

A geocentric view of the universe places _____________ at the center.

• the moon
• Earth
• the sun
• Alpha Centauri

What is the name or our spiral galaxy?

• Andromeda
• Milky Way
• Virgo
• Triangulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which term means that "all the objects in the sky revolve about the Earth"?

• heliocentrism
• geocentrism
• Copernicism
• ellipticism

Who promoted the idea that the Sun was the center of the solar system?

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Ptolemy
• Copernicus

How many planets are in the solar system?

• 10
• 8
• 9
• 7

Which planets are the gaseous planets?

• Mercury, Mars, Neptune, and Uranus
• Earth, Venus, Jupiter, and Neptune
• Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, and Earth
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Venus

Which planet is now classified as a dwarf planet?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Pluto
• Jupiter

True or False: Every Planet has at least one moon.

• True
• False