Physical Science Quarter 2

He believed that all celestial objects are perfect or etherial and that they move in a perfect circle.

• Galileo

• Plato

• Copernicus

• Brahe

Which of the following shows the Geoheliocentric model of the universe?

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It is the daily motion of the stars and other celestial bodies across the sky.

• Diurnal motion

• Annual motion

• Celestial motion

• Equinox

It is a point in the orbit where a planet such as Earth is farthest from the sun.

• Perihelion

• Epicycle

• Deferent

• Aphelion

He was able to measure the approximate circumference of the Earth by observing the shadow that the sun casts.

• Plato

• Eratosthenes

• Pythagoras

• Aristotle

The following observations led the ancient Greeks to believe that Earth is spherical EXCEPT one.

• The disappearance of ships in the horizon

• The shadow of the earth on the moon during lunar eclipse

• The shape of the moon and sun

• The sun spots

Which of the following does not belong to the group?

• Law of Acceleration

• Law of Elipses

• Law of Equal Areas

• Law of Harmonies

Who proposed the 3 laws of planetary motion?

• Tycho Brahe

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

Plato's problem of saving appearances started when they have observed the planets' apparent backward motion in the sky. What do you call this motion?

• Diurnal motion

• Retrograde motion

• Annual motion

• Planetary motion

He proposed the Heliocentric model of the universe

• Plato

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler