Quick Check 18 - Space Discovery

The table describes some events in astronomy. Which of these discoveries followed Galileo's discovery of 4 moons around Juliter?

• The telescope was invented

• Galileo purchased his first telescope.

• Issac Newton made the first reflecting telescope and the first humans walked on the surface of the Moon.

___ allow humans to view deep into space.

• telescopes

• microscopes

• binoculars

• periscopes

What technological development has been essential to the advancement of space exploration and our understanding of the universe?

• calculators

• cell phones

• computers

• 3D printers

This model, furthered by Nicolaus Copernicus, identifies the sun as the center of the solar system.

• geocentric

• heliocentric

What invention played a significant role in the development of modern astronomy?

• the wheel

• the printing press

• the telescope

• the steam engine