Revolutionary Astronomers Review

What did ancient peoples use almanacs for?

• To predict the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets.

• To record their family trees.

• To keep track of their daily expenses.

• To write stories and poems.

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What system did the Babylonians devise to divide the sky into 12 equal segments?

• The zodiac system

• The decimal system

• The heliocentric model

• The lunar calendar

What is the geocentric model?

• The model that states the Moon, Sun, and planets orbit Earth in perfect circles.

• The model that states the Earth orbits the Sun in an ellipse.

• The model that states all planets orbit the Sun in straight lines.

• The model that states the Sun and Moon orbit each other.

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Which Greek philosopher spread the idea that the Moon, Sun, and planets orbit Earth in perfect circles?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Pythagoras

• Socrates

What is a planetary conjunction?

• When two planets appear close together as seen from Earth, appearing like a brighter star in the sky. (seen by the three magi)

• When a planet passes behind the Sun as seen from Earth.

• When a planet completes one orbit around the Sun.

• When two planets collide in space.

Who calculated the size of the Earth with good accuracy using geometry and sunlight during the summer solstice?

• Eratosthenes of Greece

• Aristotle of Greece

• Ptolemy of Egypt

• Archimedes of Syracuse

True or False: The heliocentric (sun-centered) model was widely adopted less than 100 years after the geocentric model was proposed.

• True

• False

Who published a star catalogue in 140 CE that endorsed the geocentric model?

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Kepler

What tool did Islamic astronomers develop to measure the position of stars and planets?

• Astrolabe

• Telescope

• Sextant

• Compass

In 1543, who published the work 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres'?

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

• Tycho Brahe

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