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What is the geocentric model?

• The Earth is at the center of the Universe, and everything else revolves around it.

• The Sun is at the center of the Universe, and everything else revolves around it.

• The Moon is at the center of the Universe, and everything else revolves around it.

• The stars are at the center of the Universe, and everything else revolves around them.

Who were the main philosophers behind the geocentric model?

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

• Copernicus and Galileo

• Newton and Einstein

• Kepler and Hubble

Which institution supported the geocentric model?

• The Catholic Church

• The Royal Society

• The United Nations

• The Scientific Community

According to Ptolemy, how do the planets revolve around the Earth?

• In a complex manner, not simple circles

• In perfect circles

• In straight lines

• In random patterns

Who hypothesized that the Earth revolves around the sun, challenging the geocentric model?

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

What is the heliocentric model?

• The Earth is the center of the universe.

• The sun revolves around the Earth.

• The Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.

• The moon revolves around the Earth.

Why could Nicolaus Copernicus not prove his heliocentric theory?

• He lacked mathematical skills.

• He was limited by the technology of his time.

• He did not have enough followers.

• He was not interested in proving it.

What additional movement does the Earth have besides orbiting the sun?

• It revolves around the moon.

• It rotates on an axis.

• It moves in a straight line.

• It stays stationary.

Who worked together to advance Copernicus' theory of the universe?

• Newton and Galileo

• Brahe and Kepler

• Einstein and Hawking

• Ptolemy and Aristotle

What did Brahe chart?

• The phases of the moon

• The positions of hundreds of stars

• The orbits of comets

• The surface of Mars