Solar System Historical Contributions

Aristarchus and .... supported the heliocentric model.

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

All of the following scientists supported the heliocentric model of the solar system except

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Aristarchus

... concluded that the planets follow elliptical paths with the sun at one focus

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Kepler

had data from telescope observations to back up his model.

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

is an apparent change in the position of an object

• Light year

• Solar radius

• Astronomer

• Parallax

was an early developer of the heliocentric model

• Aristarchus

• Aristotle

• Kepler

• Galileo

What other observations did Galileo make with his telescope that helped to prove the heliocentric theory?

• Discovered Pluto

• Discovered Earth's moon

• Discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter.

• Discovered the sun

........... model of the solar system suggested that the planets moved in circular orbits

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

• Kepler

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

In which model of the solar system does the sun revolve around Earth?

• heliocentric model

• Copernican model

• Aristarchan model

• geocentric model

According to Copernicus, what causes the year and seasons on Earth?

• Earth’s wobble on its axis

• Earth’s rotation around its axis

• Earth's revolution around the sun

• Earth’s movement relative to the sun and moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1