History of Astronomy

The early Greeks used _______ and _______ to explain natural events. Choose two.

• Philosophical arguments

• superstition

• observations

• mythology

The famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle, concluded the Earth round because ...

• measured it using shadows at the equinox

• he calculated it using geometry

• it casts a curved shadow

• the Greek Gods made it round

The Greek, Eratosthenes, estimated the circumference of the Earth using......

• calculus

• the declination of the north star

• gps satellites

• the angles of shadows at the equinox

The Greek, Hipparchus, classified stars into six groups according to their ...

• size

• brightness

• distance from Earth

• temperature

The Greeks believed in a _________ model of the universe with the Earth motionless at the center.

• geocentric

• heliocentric

• ecocentric

• egocentric

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Which planet was NOT known by the ancient Greeks?

• Venus

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Jupiter

The imaginary, transparent sphere on which the stars lie?

• heliosphere

• geosphere

• celestial sphere

• hydrosphere

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The stars seemed to be fixed in relation to each other. However, the planets seemed to move around. They were known to the ancient Greeks as ...

• flat

• elliptical

• motionless

• "wanderers"

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The ancient Greek, Aristarchus, believed in this model of this universe, but not many believed him.

• anthropocentric

• heliocentric

• geocentric

• egocentric

Aristarchus used geometry to .....

• calculate the distance to the moon

• calculate the circumference of the Saturn's rings

• calculate the distance from Earth to Pluto

• build the pyramids

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