Geocentric Versus Heliocentric Quiz

Who believed that the Earth is the centre of the Universe and that all planets move around it?

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Alhazen

Who created the 'Tusi couple' which shows how planets can rotate and orbit at the same time?

• Galileo

• Tusi

• Newton

• Kepler

Who was the first person to create an actual model and try to explain how the heliocentric system worked?

• Galileo

• Newton

• Tycho Brahe

• Kepler

Who believed that the Sun was the centre of the universe but later went back to the geocentric model?

• al-Katibi

• Tusi

• Copernicus

• Alhazen

Who stated that the Sun was definitely the centre around which the planets orbited?

• Kepler

• Tycho Brahe

• Newton

• Galileo

Who thought that the Earth was at the centre but disagreed with Ptolemy's ideas about how the planets moved?

• Tusi

• Copernicus

• al-Katibi

• Alhazen

Who believed that the Earth was orbiting the Sun and so were the other planets?

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Alhazen

Who observed Jupiter and its moons with a telescope and found that the moons were definitely orbiting Jupiter and not the Earth?

• Tycho Brahe

• Kepler

• Newton

• Galileo

Who supported Kepler's work with his own ideas of gravity which help explain why the planets stay in their orbits?

• Newton

• Galileo

• Tusi

• Copernicus

Who believed that the solar system was heliocentric and came up with the laws of how the planets moved?

• Newton

• Tycho Brahe

• Kepler

• Galileo