Early Astronomers

What model does this represent?

• Geocentric 
• Heliocentric 
• Universal
• Solar

  What does "geo-" mean?

• Earth
• sun
• Center
• rock

This image shows the:

• Geocentric model
• Heliocentric model
• Universal model
• Starting lineup

Galileo used ______ to develop the heliocentric theory.

• his religious beliefs
• the scientific method
• theories
• random guesses

A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

• Heliocentric
• Geocentric

What does "helios" mean?

• Earth
• center of
• sun
• moon

This person believed the universe centered around the Earth, with the sun, moon, and planets moving around it in perfect circles.

• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Kepler
• Galileo

Which of the following model(s) showed the moon moving around the earth?

• Geocentric only
• Heliocentric only
• Both Geocentric and Heliocentric
• Neither Geocentric nor Heliocentric

This person used a telescope to discover the moons of Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory. 

• Aristotle
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo

This person was the first to show how the planets' move along elliptical paths around the sun.

• Galileo
• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Kepler