Geocentric Versus Heliocentric Quiz

Who believed that the Earth is the centre of the Universe?

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

Who thought that the Sun was the centre of the universe?

• Tycho Brahe

• Tusi

• Kepler

• Alhazen

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

• Aristotle

• Tusi

• Newton

• Copernicus

Who was put on trial by the Church for supporting the heliocentric model?

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Aristotle

• Newton

Who was the first person to create a model explaining the heliocentric system?

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Newton

• Alhazen

Who supported Kepler's work with his own ideas of gravity?

• Newton

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

Who believed that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe but the planets couldn't move the way Ptolemy said?

• Tycho Brahe

• Tusi

• Kepler

• Alhazen

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

• Tycho Brahe

• Tusi

• Kepler

• Galileo

Who thought that the Earth was the centre of the Universe and that all planets move around it?

• Newton

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

Who observed Jupiter and its moons with a telescope and found that the moons were orbiting Jupiter?

• Newton

• Galileo

• Kepler

• Alhazen