Science: Earth and Space Quiz 29

During a school project, Daniel and Grace were discussing famous astronomers. Who was the Polish astronomer who proposed a heliocentric system of the universe?

• Aristarchus

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

During a science fair, Avery presented a project explaining the law of universal gravitation. Which scientist's work was she demonstrating?

• Aristarchus

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

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In a classroom discussion about historical astronomical models, Harper asked, "Whose book Almagest mathematically described the geocentric view of the universe?"

• Ptolemy

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

During a science class, David asked his teacher, "Who discovered that the planets do not travel in circles?"

• Aristarchus

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Sir Isaac Newton

Which astronomer discovered the phases of Venus?

• Aristarchus

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

Sophia is observing the path of a planet through her telescope. What is the symmetrical oval shape that the planet’s orbit has?

• epicycle

• aphelion

• perihelion

• ellipse

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Avery is studying the solar system and wants to know what a planet’s closest point to the sun is called. Can you help Avery find the answer?

• epicycle

• aphelion

• perihelion

• ellipse

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Evelyn and Lily are watching the night sky and notice that sometimes the planets appear to move 'backward' through the sky. Why does this happen?

• Earth travels faster than the outer planets.

• The planets travel in small circles within their orbits.

• Earth travels more slowly than the outer planets.

• The planets travel around the earth.

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Avery looked up at the night sky and wondered about the study of God’s creation beyond our atmosphere. This field of study is called ____.

• astronomy

• astrology

• cosmology

• meteorology

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David and Grace are learning about space. They discovered that the sun, planets, the planets’ moons, and other smaller bodies that orbit the sun form the ____.

• galaxy

• universe

• solar system

• constellation

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