Geocentric Versus Heliocentric Quiz
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6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who believed that the Earth is the centre of the Universe and that all planets move around it?
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Aristotle
Alhazen
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who created the 'Tusi couple' which shows how planets can rotate and orbit at the same time?
Galileo
Tusi
Newton
Kepler
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first person to create an actual model and try to explain how the heliocentric system worked?
Galileo
Newton
Tycho Brahe
Kepler
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who believed that the Sun was the centre of the universe but later went back to the geocentric model?
al-Katibi
Tusi
Copernicus
Alhazen
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who stated that the Sun was definitely the centre around which the planets orbited?
Kepler
Tycho Brahe
Newton
Galileo
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who believed that the Earth was orbiting the Sun and so were the other planets?
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Alhazen
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