Models of the Solar System Notes Quiz

What is at the middle of a Heliocentric system?

• Mars

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

What is at the middle of a Geocentric system?

• Sun

• Neptune

• Earth

• The Universe

Who supported the Geocentric system?

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Galileo

Who proposed the Heliocentric system?

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Galileo

What does the Geocentric system look like?

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What does the Heliocentric system look like?

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What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?

• the shape of the planets' orbits

• the movement of the moon

• the center of the solar system

  What does "geo-" mean?

• Earth
• sun
• Center

Joe tells Gabby his theory about why sea turtles nest on the beach instead of in the ocean. He says, “The turtle eggs would sink to the bottom of the ocean, and the baby turtle would drown. I know this because my uncle is a fisherman, and he told me this information. Gabby tells Joe that his theory is not scientific. Why does Joe’s idea not meet the requirements to be a scientific theory?

• Joe’s idea is already a scientific law.

• Joe’s idea is not supported by scientific evidence.

• Joe’s idea is a good guess that can be tested by experiments.

• Joe and his uncle are not scientists.

A scientific theory is an explanation or model backed by results obtained from many tests or experiments.

• True

• False