Choose the statement that accurately describes the currently accepted solar system model.

• The Earth-centered model of Galileo is accepted because the sun revolves around the solar system.

• The Sun-centered model by Galileo is accepted because the earth revolves around the sun.

• The Sun-centered model by Ptolemy is accepted because the sun revolves around the earth.

• The Earth-centered model of Ptolemy is accepted because the earth is a solid, stable, and unmoving body.

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Which statements BEST describe Ptolemy's theory of the Universe?.........Pick 2!

• All planets orbit the sun the elliptical patterns.

• The sun is the center of the solar system and the universe.

• All planets orbit the moon in elliptical patterns.

• The earth is the center of the solar system and the universe.

• All planets move in their own circular pattern while circling the earth at the same time.

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Which historical scientists promoted the Earth-centered solar system? Pick 3!

• Galileo Galilei

• Ptolemy

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Plato

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Which historical scientists promoted the Sun-centered solar system? Pick 3!

• Galileo Galilei

• Ptolemy

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Isaac Newton

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For hundreds of years, people believed that the __________ was/were the center of the Universe. This was based on the writings of the Greek philosophers Aristotle and Ptolemy. They even believed that the __________ rotated. Later, Nicholas Copernicus stated that the __________ was/were the center of the universe.

• sun, earth, moon

• planets, stars, earth

• earth, stars, sun

• moon, sun, planets

Which historical figures would consider this model a correct representation of the solar system?......Pick 2!!!

• Ptolemy

• Nicolas Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Galileo Galilei

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Which of the following statements support the model of the solar system proposed by astronomers such as Galileo and Copernicus?

• The sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

• From the earth, the moon appears to travel across the sky.

• Venus's appearance from earth changes in a repeating pattern.

• Saturn is orbited by 62 moons.

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Choose all the statements that support the Geocentric model of the solar system. Pick 3!

• The original model believed by the Greeks

• The earth and planets revolved around the sun.

• The sun and planets revolved around the earth.

• Evidence for this model is the movement of the stars and planets in the sky.

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Choose all the statements that support the Heliocentric model of the solar system. Only Pick 1!

• The original model believed by the Greeks.

• The earth and planets revolved around the sun.

• The sun and planets revolved around the earth.

• Evidence for this model is the movement of the stars and planets in the sky.

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The geocentric model explains that the sun, earth, and stars all orbit earth as it sits at the center of the universe.

What instrument was responsible for building evidence against this model?

• astrolabe

• compass

• optical telescope

• star charts