Geocentric and Heliocentric Models

What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?

• the shape of the planets' orbits

• the movement of the moon

• the object at the center of the solar system

• the brightness of the sun

This image shows the:

• Geocentric Solar System

• Heliocentric Solar System

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The model displayed in the image is...

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

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Who were the people that popularized the geocentric model?

• Galileo and kepler

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

• Copernicus and Aristarchus

• Brahe and Kepler

What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?

• the shape of the planets' orbits

• the movement of the stars

• the center of the solar system

• the number of planets

Which model has the Earth at the center of space?

• Geocentric model

• Heliocentric model

• Scientific model

• Geological model

These two astronomers confirmed Copernicus's heliocentric theory with calculations.

• Galileo and Aristotle

• Brahe and Kepler

• Ptolemy and Kepler

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

What is the name of this model?

• Heliocentric Model

• Geocentric Model

• Circle Model

• Aristotle Model

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The Sun is considered to be the center of the solar system:

• Heliocentric model

• Geocentric model

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What is the name of this model?

• Heliocentric Model

• Kepler Model

• Galileo Model

• Geocentric Model

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