Q3 - Week 1 - Weekly Quiz

What is the term for Earth being in the center?

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• sun centered
• Galileo

The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is

• Ptolomy
• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Kepler

Whose heliocentric model is seen as the first step in the development of the modern models of the solar system?

• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Kepler

A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

• Heliocentric
• Geocentric

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars. This includes the sun revolving around the Earth. This model is no longer supported.

• Geocentric
• Heliocentric

The Word "Helio" Refers To?

• Earth
• Mars
• Sun
• Juputer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Word "Geo" Means?

• Sun
• Earth
• Milky way
• Back

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

How old is our solar system?

• 4.6 billion years
• 13.8 billion years
• 6,000 years
• 15,000 years

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

A celestial cloud of dust and gas is called . . .

• nebula
• supernova
• accretion disc
• bombardment

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A massive explosion of a star is called . . .

• supernova
• nebula
• pulsar
• black hole

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3