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Unit 1- The Universe

Authored by Cassaday Watson

Science

6th Grade

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Unit 1- The Universe
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Can you correctly identify four facts about these two historical models of the solar system?

Ptolemy's model, B, was called the geocentric model.

The geocentric model proposed that the Earth did not move but the other planets did.

Kepler's rules of motions of the planets are based on the heliocentric model.

Initially, heliocentric meant that the Sun was the center of the universe, but as astronomers studied the movement of the planets, that was changed.

Galileo's model, B, was called the heliocentric model.

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which model proposed by Nicholaus Copernicus suggests that all planets revolve around the Sun?

Big Bang

Geocentric

Heliocentric

Lunar

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the geocentric model, what is at the center of the universe?

Sun

Earth

Moon

Mars

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the heliocentric model acknowledge about the planets?

They revolve around the Earth

They are stationary

They revolve around the Sun

They revolve around the Moon

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5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a shared belief of both the geocentric and heliocentric models?

Moon revolves around Earth

Acknowledged the existence of planets

Sun is at the center

Earth is flat

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

One of the first steps toward currently accepted theories of our Solar System's formation and evolution was the general acceptance of the __________ model, which placed the Sun at the center of the system and the Earth in orbit around it. This theory was prominently presented by __________.

heliocentric, Galileo Galilei

geocentric, Aristotle

heliocentric, Nicolaus Copernicus

geocentric, Nicolaus Copernicus

heliocentric, Aristotle

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Our sun is located in this galaxy. What is the name of this galaxy?

Orion Galaxy

Milky Way Galaxy

Andromeda Galaxy

Solar System Galaxy

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