early astronomy

What model does this represent?

• Geocentric 
• Heliocentric 

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  What does "geo-" mean?

• Earth
• sun
• Center

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

This image shows the:

• Geocentric Solar System
• Heliocentric Solar System

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What does "helios" mean?

• Earth
• center of
• sun
• moon

This person discovered moons on Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory 

• Aristotle
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo

Which astronomer created laws of gravity and motion? 

• Kepler
• Copernicus
• Brahe 
• Newton

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This person was a Greek philosopher who believed the universe centered around the Earth in a perfect circle

• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Aristotle
• Galileo

This astronomer discovered that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, or an oval shape, and not perfectly circular.

• Aristotole
• Copernicus
• Kepler
• Newton

What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?

• Sun
• Comet 
• Jupiter
• Earth

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

• Heliocentric
• Geocentric

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