Astronomy History and Laws 02B Quizzizz

Central Americans built temples aligned with ______, as a timekeeper, along with the sun and moon.

• Earth

• Sun

• Mars

• Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Who discovered Jupiter's four moons?

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Brahe

• Aristotle

"Founder of Modern Science"

• Galileo

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

1st predicted the position the planets are in today

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Made careful observations & recorded positions of planets by observing from his observatory.

• Tycho Brahe
• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Aristotle

This astronomer was convinced this image was accurate.

• Ptolemy
• Brahe
• Copernicus
• Galileo

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Using Tycho’s Brahe's data (Mars), found elliptical orbits of planets.

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

"Sun-Centered" universe model

• heliocentric

• geocentric

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Planets & stars move around earth in perfect circles

• heliocentric

• geocentric

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Using King of Denmark's generosity he built an observatory and made the most accurate astronomical observations for more than 20 yrs.

• Giovanni Cassini

• Tycho Brahe

• Hipparchus

• Isaac Newton