S6E1 CSA Remediation

A theory that describes the Earth at the orbital center of our Solar System; where all other bodies orbit around the Earth.

• heliocentric

• big bang theory

• geocentric

• little bang

A theory that describes the Sun as the center of our Solar System where the Earth and other bodies orbit around the Sun:

• heliocentric

• big bang theory

• geocentric

• little bang

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What two men, one born in Greece in 384 BC and the other born in Egypt in 100 AD, advocated or taught the Geocentric model?

• Newton and Galileo

  
  

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

Who developed the Heliocentric model of the universe in 1543 AD?

• Kepler

• Newton

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

What is the name of the galaxy wherein our solar system is located on a spiral arm? This galaxy is shaped like a disk with a bulge in the center.

• Mars

• Milky Way

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What item below does not change a theory?

• new language

• new technology

Who is credited with creating the first telescope and in 1610 observed Jupiter and discovered that Jupiter had four moons?

• Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

Who developed three planetary laws of motion one of which helps us understand that planets move in orbits that are ellipses and not circles?

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

An explanation or model backed by results from many tests and experiments:

• theory

• fact

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Put the following terms in order from largest to smallest: 

Galaxy, Planet, Satellite, Universe, Solar System

• Universe, Galaxy, Solar System, Planet, Satellite

• Galaxy, Planet, Satellite, Universe, Solar System