Historical Solar System Model

... 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

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

The combined discoveries of Galileo (using his telescope) provided direct evidence for

• the geocentric model.

• the Copernican model of the Universe.

• Earth being a sphere.

• the Ptolemaic model of the Universe

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Who stated the earth was the center of the solar system?

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

Geocentric Model

• distance from Earth to Sun-used to measure distances within our solar system (ex. distance between Mars and Jupiter)

• distance light travels in one year-used to measure distances outside our solar system (ex. measuring distances between stars/galaxies)

• Theory of early astronomers. Earth is at the center of the universe. The sun and planets would revolve around the Earth.

• Sun is at the center of the solar system.

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Who supported the Geocentric system?

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Galileo

This model of the "universe" was first proposed by ancient Greeks

• heliocentric

• geocentric

• lunarcentric

• Ptolomy's system

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Copernicus was the first respected scientist to promote which controversial theory?

• biological evolution

• the theory of thermodynamics

• celestial sphere theory

• heliocentrism

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