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WorksheetsTest Review: Ancient Astronomy and Contributing Scientists
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which astronomer came before the time of Galileo Galilei?
Hubble
Copernicus
Newton
Hawking
The heliocentric model was actually first proposed by:
Aristotle
Archimedes
Aristarchus
Alexander the Great
Which astronomer invented the telescope for astronomy?
Hawking
Hubble
Galileo
Copernicus
Which civilization recorded the supernova of 1054?
Pyramids of Giza
Chinese
Mayans
Stonehenge
Which astronomer calculated the distance to the galaxy Andromeda & that the universe is expanding?
Hawking
Copernicus
Galileo
Hubble
List the following astronomers from the earliest years of contribution to the latest.
Newton-Aristotle-Copernicus-Einstein
Aristotle-Copernicus-Newton-Einstein
Einstein-Newton-Aristotle-Copernicus
Newton-Einstein-Aristotle-Copernicus
Which astronomer established the General Theory of Relativity?
Copernicus
Newton
Einstein
Aristotle
Which astronomer is credited for stating that the sun was the center of the solar system instead of the earth?
Einstein
Galileo
Copernicus
Aristotle
Which astronomer has developed theories in understanding black holes?
Kepler
Newton
Hawking
Aristotle
Which astronomer created the 3 laws of planetary motion?
Bruno
Einstein
Copernicus
Kepler
Which civilization drew one of the first star maps ever discovered?
Chinese
Mayans
Pyramids of Giza
Stonehenge
Which civilization was located in England?
Pyramids of Giza
Chinese
Stonehenge
Mayans
Which astronomer was tried and murdered for his beliefs of heliocentrism?
Bruno
Copernicus
Newton
Hawking
Which of these was NOT seen telescopically by Galileo?
Sunspots
Venus' phase cycle
Four moons around Jupiter
Stellar parallax
Which astronomer is known as the first female astronomer?
Maria Mitchell
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Hypatia of Alexandria
Annie Jump Cannon
Which astronomer did not contribute during the 20th century?
Galileo Galilei
Edwin Hubble
Stephen Hawking
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Which civilization moved massive stones from 19 to 150 miles away to their location?
Chinese
Pyramids of Giza
Mayans
Stonehenge
The most famous prehistoric astronomical observatory is:
the Sphinx
Stonehenge
Big Horn stone circle
Carcacol
Which branch of science is the oldest based on the artifacts found around 32,000 years ago?
Astronomy
Chemistry
Biology
Physics
Which Greek astronomer's model was the model accepted for nearly 1300 years?
Aristotle's
Ptolemy's
Eratosthenes'
Aristarchus of Samos
