Historical Models, Theories, Structures, and Solar System

How does the heliocentric theory describe the motion of objects in space?

• The Milky Way moves in an orbit around the sun

• Objects in space are moving farther and farther apart

• Earth and the planets move in orbits around the sun

• The sun and the planets move in orbits around Earth.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Occurred 13.7 to 14 billion years ago with an explosion of what scientist call a singularity

• Big Bang Theory

• Steady State Theory

• Both

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Edwin Hubble observations and measurements of distance galaxies conclude that the farther away a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away from us. This is evidence to support....

• Steady State

• Big Bang

• Both

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The Universe has no beginning and no end.

• Steady State Theory

• Big Bang Theory

• Both

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Who is said to have created a sun-centered theory of the universe?

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Andromeda

What is the meaning of the prefix "helio"?

• Sun

• Moon

• Center

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The model that the Earth is the center relates to which?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Lunarcentric

In the geocentric model, which motion would occur?

• The moon would revolve around the sun

• The Earth would revolve around the sun

• The sun would revolve around the Earth

• The Earth would rotate on it axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

About 2000 years ago, a Greek astronomer named_________ developed the idea that the Earth was at the center of a system of planets and stars.

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Kepler

In the early 1500s, the Polish astronomer ______________ developed a sun-centered system called the heliocentric theory.

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Kepler