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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)
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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
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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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