Study Guide Geocentric/Heliocentric,/Big Bang Theory (EvoyRe

If you look into the sky, it appears that the Sun, planets, and stars are revolving around the Earth from the East to the West. Ptolemy proposed that the Earth was in the center of the Universe. The Earth in the middle or center of the Universe is the _____ model of the Universe.

• ecentric

• geocentric

• heliocentric

• earthocentric

Who was one of the first astronomers to propose that the Earth was in the center of the Universe?

• Ptolemy

• Einstein

• Coppernickelus

• Kepler

Copernicus was the first astronomer to use scientific and mathematical calculations to propose that the Sun was at the center of the Universe. The Sun in the center of the Universe is the _____ model of the Universe.

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Sunocentric

• Copernicentric

In early astronomy, scientists like Ptolemy and Aristotle believed that the Earth was in the center of the Universe. Centuries later, who was the first astronomer to propose that the Sun was in the center of the Universe (Heliocentric model)?

• Pterodactylmy

• Einstein

• Hubble

• Copernicus

An astronomer used a telescope to support Copernicus’ Heliocentric Model of the Universe. Which astronomer used a telescope to see that the planet Venus went through phases like our Moon, and that the four largest moons of Jupiter revolved around Jupiter, not the Earth?

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Ptolemus

• Copernicus

"Geo" means Earth, "Helio" means Sun, and "Centric" means center. Look at the image below. Which model of the Universe is this?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• both

• neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

"Geo" means Earth, "Helio" means Sun, and "Centric" means center. Look at the image below. Which model of the Universe is this?

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• both

• neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Kepler used mathematical calculations to discover the orbits of planets are not circles but ____ (flattened circles or ovals)?

• squares

• triangles

• circular

• ellipses

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The theory that the universe began at a single point, then exploded and expanded in all directions is the ____ ____ theory.

• Planet Tectonic

• Milky Way

• Rapid Expansion

• Big Bang

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

According to the Big Bang Theory, the Universe (space and everything in it) is expanding. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have observed that ______ (like the Milky Way) are moving away from each other. This is key evidence that supports the Big Bang Theory.

• galaxies

• black holes

• solar flares

• planets

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2