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WorksheetsD.O.F.'s Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Catalogued 48 constellations (all of which are still used today)
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Galileo
c)
Kepler
d)
Hypatia
2.
Thought the universe followed an ordered and regular pattern (Cosmos) instead of a random universe with no patterns (Chaos)
a)
Hypatia
b)
Galileo
c)
Pythagoras
d)
Democritus
3.
Thought the dodecahedron was too powerful for “common” people to know about.
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Pythagoras
c)
Copernicus
d)
Aristarchus
4.
Thought that everything was made of small undividable particles (atoms).
a)
Democritus
b)
Copernicus
c)
Eratosthenes
d)
Galileo
5.
He had a reputation as “the laughing philosopher”.
a)
Hypatia
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Eratosthenese
d)
Democritus
6.
Accurately calculated the circumference of the Earth (and was only off by 2%).
a)
Aristarchus
b)
Democritus
c)
Eratosthenes
d)
Kepler
7.
Able to calculate the tilt of the Earth (23o), as well as estimate the distance between the sun and Earth.
a)
Eratosthenes
b)
Galileo
c)
Copernicus
d)
Hypatia
8.
First person to say the Sun was in the center and the Earth and other planets went around it.
a)
Copernicus
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Aristarchus
d)
Kepler
9.
Knew the correct order of the planets out to Saturn (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn).
a)
Copernicus
b)
Eratosthenes
c)
Hypatia
d)
Aristarchus
10.
A brilliant mathematician, astronomer, and last Chief Librarian of the Great L.o.A.
a)
Galileo
b)
Eratosthenese
c)
Hypatia
d)
Kepler
11.
She was also a well educated and powerful woman – qualities that angered many at that time.
a)
Hypatia
b)
Galileo
c)
Kepler
d)
Ptolemy
12.
He finally broke the old idea that the Earth sat still in the center, something that people had believed for thousands of years.
a)
Kepler
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Ptolemy
13.
He also came up with 3 laws to describe how orbits work.
a)
Kepler
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Hypatia
14.
Used a telescope to see…
-Dark spots on the sun.
-Mountains on the moon.
-Jupiter’s red spot.
-Dark spots on the sun.
-Mountains on the moon.
-Jupiter’s red spot.
a)
Kepler
b)
Galileo
c)
Eratosthenes
d)
Copernicus
15.
He reached a plea agreement in order to save his life. He was forced to say that he was wrong and that the Earth sat still while the sun went around it.
a)
Kepler
b)
Democritus
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Galileo
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