QUIZ CHAPTER 23-EARTH SCIENCE

Who was the first person to suggest that the sun was the center of the solar system?

• Galileo Galilei

• Tycho Brahe

• Nicolas Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

The theory that stated that the earth was the center of the universe was called?

• heliocentric theory

• geocentric theory

• sphere theory

• earth theory

Who invented a telescope, that served to prove the heliocentric theory?

• Nicolas Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

Select the number of planets in the solar system:

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 6

This planet is known as the hottest planet in the solar system.

• mercury

• venus

• earth

• jupiter

TRUE OR FALSE.

A planet shares the orbit just with its moon.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

According to the properties, planets are classified in:

• terrestrial

• inferior

• superior

• jovian

Which is the closest planet to the sun?

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Earth

The planet in the solar system that has the suitable conditions to sustain lifeis the:

• Neptune

• Mars

• Earth

• Saturn

Most asteroids have orbits between those of _____ and _____. This region is called ASTEROID BELT.

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn