Revolutionary Astronomers Quiz Review

Which astronomer most influentially suggested a heliocentric model?

• Plato

• Brahe

• Copernicus

• Newton

Who was the first astronomer to use a telescope for astronomy?

• Brahe

• Newton

• Hubble

• Galileo

What did Kepler develop?

• The geocentric model

• The first telescope

• Spectroscopy

• The laws of planetary motion

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Who published the theory of gravity?

• Hubble

• Newton

• Brahe

• Galileo

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Where is the earth in the heliocentric model?

• orbiting in the middle of the solar system

• At the center of the solar system

• orbiting the outskirts of the solar system

• Not in a solar system

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Where is earth in the geocentric model?

• Orbiting around the middle of the solar system

• At the center of the solar system

• orbiting in the outskirts of the solar system

• Not in a solar system

Why was the discovery of Jupiter’s moons so important?

• It proved the theory of gravity

• It supported the heliocentric model

• It proved Kepler's Laws

• It proved there could be multiple moons

What did Edwin Hubble do?

• Created the first light telescope

• Discover Neptune

• Propose the theory of gravity

• Confirm there are other galaxies

Who was the first astronomer to discover a supernova?

• Brahe

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Hubble

What was one inaccuracy of the Copernican model?

• The order of the planets

• The motion of the moon

• That the universe was made of 8 spheres

• The earth was the center of the solar system