Ancient Astronomers

Began a new era of astronomy when he concluded that the Sun was the center of the universe

• Aristotle
• Isaac Newton
• Claudius Ptolemy
• Nicolaus Copernicus

Built a telescope and made discoveries which changed astronomy; discovered 4 moons of Jupiter

• Galileo Galilei
• Aristotle
• William Herschel
• Claudius Ptolemy

The sun centered universe is called the

• geocentric universe

• heliocentric universe

• egocentric universe

Who developed the telescope and confirmed the theory of a sun centered universe?

• Copernicus

• Einstein

• Galileo

• Aristotle

His model of the Earth-centered universe was the cornerstone of astronomy for 1,500 years

• Claudius Ptolemy
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Charles Messier
• Galileo Galilei

The Earth centered universe is called the

• geocentric universe

• heliocentric universe

• egocentric universe

• home universe

Copernicus was placed under house arrest by the Catholic church for his belief that

• there is more than one universe (multi-universal)
• our solar system revolves around the sun (Heliocentric)
• there are 3 Laws of Motion
• there is only 10,000 stars in our solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This image shows the:

• Geocentric Solar System
• Heliocentric Solar System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Who was the Polish astronomer who discovered that Earth rotates on its axis and thought that the sun was the center of the universe, but was afraid to make his knowledge public because of his fear of the church?

• Galileo

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

Why did the King of Denmark give Maria a medal?

• Because she saw a Astroid

• Because she saw a comet

• Because she saw a ball of dirt.

• Because she saw a Living Zombie