6th Grade Solar System Exam

Who first observed the phases of Venus?

• Aristotle

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Huygens

An apparent shift in position is called:

• paradox

• parroted

• paralysis

• parallax

Bonus: Draw the wheels-on-wheels model by Ptolemy.

Who replaced circles with ellipses in the heliocentric model of the universe?

• Kelper

• Aristarchus

• Galileo

• Copernicus

What was the first model of the solar system?

• Celestial sphere

• Wheels-on-wheels

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

This person attempted to measure the relative distances from to the moon and the sun.

• Kepler

• Aristarchus

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

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How data gathered using Galileo's early telescope support a heliocentric model?

(For full credit, you need to write about all the data we discussed.)

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How did Aristotle's inability to detect parallax lead him to propose a geocentric model of the universe?

Bonus: How do you spell the scientific word meaning, "small bodies from which the planets formed."

Explain is gravity in your own words.

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