Astronomers

Astronomers

12th Grade

30 Qs

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Astronomers

Astronomers

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Science

12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS1-2, HS-PS2-4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Each of these astronomers made discoveries about stars EXCEPT:

Jocelyn Bell

Annie Jump Cannon

Charles Messier

Henrietta Leavitt Swan

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these astronomers discovered something that helped Edwin Hubble track distances of faraway objects?

Jocelyn Bell

Vera Cooper Rubin

Henrietta Leavitt Swan

Giovanni Cassini

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who was most correct about the shape of planetary orbits in our solar system?

Copernicus (Circles)

Brahe (Circles)

Ptolemy (Epicycles)

Kepler (Ellipses)

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

To track consistent time, Galileo designed the pendulum clock, Huygens built the first working one, and Banneker built the first clock in America. Who else made discoveries about time?

Eratosthenes

Albert Einstein

Tycho Brahe

Giovanni Cassini

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Each of these astronomers created a model of our solar system with the sun at the center EXCEPT:

Johannes Kepler

Nicolaus Copernicus

Tycho Brahe

Ptolemy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did Johannes Kepler improve the models of the universe that were being developed by Copernicus and Tycho Brahe?

He changed the model from geocentric to heliocentric

He changed the sun’s position slightly away from center

He changed the distances of nearby vs far away stars

He changed the order of planets in the solar system

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Each of these astronomers made scientific discoveries about galaxies EXCEPT:

Giovanni Cassini

Edwin Hubble

Vera Cooper Rubin

Charles Messier

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