Geocentric

Who used a telescope to prove that the Earth could not be the center of the universe?

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

The earth centered view of the universe

• Galaxy

• Geocentric

• Astonomy

• Heliocentric

Ptolemy's view of the universe

• Galaxy

• Geocentric

• Astonomy

• Heliocentric

Why did people believe in the Geocentric vs the Heliocentric solar system?

• Geocentric system had been around for a LONG time.

• People don't like change.

• There wasn't enough proof  to support the Heliocentric system.

• all of these answers are correct.

Who was the person that popularized the geocentric model?

• Galileo

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

In Ptolemy's 'geocentric' view of the universe the __________________ is at the center of the universe.

In the geocentric model (the Earth at the center of the universe), which motion would occur?

• The Earth would rotate on it's axis

• The Earth would revolve around the Sun

• The moon would revolve around the Sun

• The Sun would revolve around the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Who proposed the geocentric model of the universe?

• Aristotle

• Galileo

• Newton

• Einstein

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

• The Sun

• The Earth

• The Moon

• Mars

Which ancient astronomer is known for refining the geocentric model?

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo