
Earths Role in the Universe
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. Who was the ancient Greek that developed a geocentric model of the universe explaining the observable motions of the planets?
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Kepler
Ptolemy
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One astronomical unit averages about ____.
93 million miles
210 million kilometers
39 million miles
93 million km
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ancient astronomers believed that ____.
Earth revolved around the celestial sphere
the Sun was the center of the universe
the Sun was on the celestial sphere
Earth was the center of the universe
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The apparent westward movement of a planet against the background of stars is called ____.
retrograde motion
reverse motion
westward drift
Ptolemaic motion
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one of the following planets was unknown to the ancient Greeks?
Earth
Mars
Uranus
mercury
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Using Tycho Brahe’s data, which scientist proposed three laws of planetary motion?
Newton
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The first modern astronomer to propose a Sun-centered solar system was ____.
Galileo
Newton
Ptolemy
Copernicus
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