Heliocentric vs Geocentric

Choose the statement that accurately describes the currently accepted solar system model.

• The Earth-centered model of Galileo is accepted because the sun revolves around the solar system.

• The Sun-centered model by Galileo is accepted because the earth revolves around the sun.

• The Sun-centered model by Ptolemy is accepted because the sun revolves around the earth.

• The Earth-centered model of Ptolemy is accepted because the earth is a solid, stable, and unmoving body.

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Which statement supports the idea that the optical telescope helped disprove the geocentric model of the solar system?

• Copernicus used an astrolabe to prove that moons orbited Jupiter and also found that other planets did not orbit earth.

• Galileo used an optical telescope to prove that moons orbited Jupiter and also found that other planets did not orbit earth.

• Copernicus used a compass to identify the location of Jupiter in its orbit and found that other planets did not orbit earth.

• Galileo used a star chart to identify the constellations close to Jupiter and found that other planets did not orbit earth.

Which statements BEST describe Ptolemy's theory of the Universe?.........Pick 2!

• All planets orbit the sun the elliptical patterns.

• The sun is the center of the solar system and the universe.

• All planets orbit the moon in elliptical patterns.

• The earth is the center of the solar system and the universe.

• All planets move in their own circular pattern while circling the earth at the same time.

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Which historical scientists promoted the Sun-centered solar system? Pick 3!

• Galileo Galilei

• Ptolemy

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Isaac Newton

For hundreds of years, people believed that the __________ was/were the center of the Universe. This was based on the writings of the Greek philosophers Aristotle and Ptolemy. They even believed that the __________ rotated. Later, Nicholas Copernicus stated that the __________ was/were the center of the universe.

• sun, earth, moon

• planets, stars, earth

• earth, stars, sun

• moon, sun, planets

Which historical figures would consider this model a correct representation of the solar system?......Pick 2!!!

• Ptolemy

• Nicolas Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Galileo Galilei

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Which of the following statements support the model of the solar system proposed by astronomers such as Galileo and Copernicus?

• The sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

• From the earth, the moon appears to travel across the sky.

• Venus's appearance from earth changes in a repeating pattern.

• Saturn is orbited by 62 moons.

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Which model of the universe places the Sun at the center?

• Heliocentric model

• Geocentric model

• Ptolemaic model

• Aristotelian model

Who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Galileo

In the geocentric model, what is considered the center of the universe?

• The Sun

• The Earth

• The Moon

• The Stars