Science History WHH

What sits at the center of a Heliocentric model of the universe?

• Earth

• Sun

• Galaxy

• Galileo

What country did Galileo come from?

• Spain

• France

• Italy

• Poland

Who went on a journey around the world, and made a hypothesis about the origin of life and evolution?

• Charles Darwin

• Galileo

• Thomas Huxley

• Darles Charwin

According to popular myth, what happened that inspired Isaac Newton to develop his theory of gravity?

• Watching ships sink in Londons harbors

• Observing the motion of the planets with his telescope

• Dropping objects from the leaning tower of Pisa

• An apple falling on his head

What is the first step of the Scientific method?

• Making observations

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Analyzing

What planet was suddenly not a planet in the 2000's?

• Neptune

• Pluto

• Uranus

• Vulcan

Americans landed humans on the moon on what date?

• December 17, 1903

• June 4, 1965

• July 20, 1969

• July 20, 1972

Who first conducted a heavier than air flight, thus inventing the airplane?

• Wright Brothers

• Wrong Brothers

• Baron Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

• Eddie Rickenbacker

How did people feel about Pluto being demoted to a dwarf planet?

• They were happy!

• They were unhappy!

What church put Galileo on trial for his claim that the earth revolved around the sun?

• Islam

• Church of England

• Catholic Church

• Lutheran Church