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WorksheetsAstronomers
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Greek astronomer who thought the Earth was at the center of the universe
a)
Kepler
b)
Brahe
c)
Ptomely
d)
Hawking
2.
This astronomer proved other galaxies existed beyond the Milky Way
a)
Kepler
b)
Hubble
c)
Sagan
d)
Brahe
3.
Danish astronomer whose precise measurements of the planets and stars helped future astronomers
a)
Brahe
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
4.
He was Brahe's assistant and he announced all planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits
a)
Einstein
b)
Hubble
c)
Ptomely
d)
Kepler
5.
One of the first astronomers to use a telescope to view space. He saw mountains on the moon, sunspots on the sun and phases of Venus
a)
Galileo
b)
Divinci
c)
DeGrasse Tyson
d)
Newton
6.
His laws of gravity explained why planets rotated around the object with the most mass in the solar system.
a)
Capernicus
b)
Kepler
c)
Newton
d)
Einstein
7.
Polish astronomer who theorized the sun is at the center of the universe and all planets orbit the sun.
a)
Newton
b)
Kepler
c)
Capernicus
d)
Galileo
8.
He invented calculus
a)
Einstein
b)
Oppenheimer
c)
Newton
d)
Hubble
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