Ancient Greek Philosophers Quiz
Authored by Christopher Juancito
Physics
12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the ancient Greek philosopher famous for discovering why eclipses happened and could predict them?
Pythagoras
Empedocles
Thales
Plato
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which ancient Greek philosopher believed that the universe could be explained with mathematics and suggested the harmony of the spheres?
Pythagoras
Eudoxus
Anaximander
Aristotle
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the ancient Greek philosopher who devised the theory that all substances are made of four pure, indestructible elements?
Empedocles
Plato
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which ancient Greek philosopher proposed that the stars formed the outermost crystal sphere and placed the spherical earth at the center?
Eratosthenes
Eudoxus
Ptolemy
Aristarchus
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the ancient Greek philosopher who measured the circumference of the Earth in 325 BC?
Thales
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Aristotle
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which ancient Greek philosopher founded his own school called the Lyceum in Athens and created the Geocentric Model of the universe?
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Plato
Empedocles
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the ancient Greek philosopher considered the first great astronomer and scientist, using trigonometric methods to calculate eclipses?
Eudoxus
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Aristarchus
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