Solar System formation

Choose the statement that accurately describes the currently accepted solar system model.

• The Earth-centered model of Galileo is accepted because the sun revolves around the solar system.

• The Sun-centered model by Galileo is accepted because the earth revolves around the sun.

• The Sun-centered model by Ptolemy is accepted because the sun revolves around the earth.

• The Earth-centered model of Ptolemy is accepted because the earth is a solid, stable, and unmoving body.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which statements BEST describe Ptolemy's theory of the Universe?.........Pick 2!

• All planets orbit the sun the elliptical patterns.

• The sun is the center of the solar system and the universe.

• All planets orbit the moon in elliptical patterns.

• The earth is the center of the solar system and the universe.

• All planets move in their own circular pattern while circling the earth at the same time.

What model is where the earth is in the middle of our universe?

• Heliocentric Model
• Geocentric Model
• Moon phases
• Tidal Phases

What Model is where the sun is the center of the universe?

• Geocentric
• Heliocentric
• Earth's rotations
• Earth's planets

  What does "geo-" mean?

• Earth
• sun
• Center

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

This image shows the:

• Geocentric Solar System
• Heliocentric Solar System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The name of the scientist whose book was published about the heliocentric solar system just after he died?

• Ptolemy
• Copernicus

What model does this represent?

• Geocentric 
• Heliocentric 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What does "helios" mean?

• Earth
• center of
• sun
• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The first stage involved in the formation of the solar system?

• The Sun Forms

• The Planetesimals form

• The Planets form

• The Solar Nebula Collapses