ES 22.1 Formative

Which ancient astronomer developed a GEOCENTRIC model of the universe explaining the observable motions of the planets?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Newton

Model of the universe in which the moon, sun and known planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) move around Earth.

• plutonic

• geocentric

• heliocentric

• Newtonian

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The first accurate measurement of the size of Earth was made by

• Eratoshenes

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Newton

The path of an object as it moves around another object in space.

• orbit

• ellipse

• revolution

• rotation

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The heliocentric model of the universe stated that

• Earth revolved around the celestial sphere

• the sun was the center of the universe

• Earth was a "wanderer"

• Earth was the center of the universe

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Aristotle concluded that Earth was round because

• it always cast a curved shadow during a lunar eclipse

• he sailed around the world

• he calculated Earth's circumference

• it exhibited retrograde motion

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In the model proposed by Ptolemy

• Earth was flat

• Earth was the center of the universe

• the sun was the center of the solar system

• Earth was much larger than the sun

Using Tycho Brahe's data, which scientist proposed three laws of planetary motion?

• Newton

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Copernicus

What is the shape of a planet's orbit?

• elliptical

• circular

• irregular

• parabolic

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Which scientist determined the nature of the forces that keep the planets in their orbits?

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Brahe

• Newton

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