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Test Review: Ancient Astronomy and Contributing Scientists

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which astronomer came before the time of Galileo Galilei?

a)

Hubble

b)

Copernicus

c)

Newton

d)

Hawking

2.

The heliocentric model was actually first proposed by:

a)

Aristotle

b)

Archimedes

c)

Aristarchus

d)

Alexander the Great

3.

Which astronomer invented the telescope for astronomy?

a)

Hawking

b)

Hubble

c)

Galileo

d)

Copernicus

4.

Which civilization recorded the supernova of 1054?

a)

Pyramids of Giza

b)

Chinese

c)

Mayans

d)

Stonehenge

5.

Which astronomer calculated the distance to the galaxy Andromeda & that the universe is expanding?

a)

Hawking

b)

Copernicus

c)

Galileo

d)

Hubble

6.

List the following astronomers from the earliest years of contribution to the latest.

a)

Newton-Aristotle-Copernicus-Einstein

b)

Aristotle-Copernicus-Newton-Einstein

c)

Einstein-Newton-Aristotle-Copernicus

d)

Newton-Einstein-Aristotle-Copernicus

7.

Which astronomer established the General Theory of Relativity?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Newton

c)

Einstein

d)

Aristotle

8.

Which astronomer is credited for stating that the sun was the center of the solar system instead of the earth?

a)

Einstein

b)

Galileo

c)

Copernicus

d)

Aristotle

9.

Which astronomer has developed theories in understanding black holes?

a)

Kepler

b)

Newton

c)

Hawking

d)

Aristotle

10.

Which astronomer created the 3 laws of planetary motion?

a)

Bruno

b)

Einstein

c)

Copernicus

d)

Kepler

11.

Which civilization drew one of the first star maps ever discovered?

a)

Chinese

b)

Mayans

c)

Pyramids of Giza

d)

Stonehenge

12.

Which civilization was located in England?

a)

Pyramids of Giza

b)

Chinese

c)

Stonehenge

d)

Mayans

13.

Which astronomer was tried and murdered for his beliefs of heliocentrism?

a)

Bruno

b)

Copernicus

c)

Newton

d)

Hawking

14.

Which of these was NOT seen telescopically by Galileo?

a)

Sunspots

b)

Venus' phase cycle

c)

Four moons around Jupiter

d)

Stellar parallax

15.

Which astronomer is known as the first female astronomer?

a)

Maria Mitchell

b)

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

c)

Hypatia of Alexandria

d)

Annie Jump Cannon

16.

Which astronomer did not contribute during the 20th century?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Edwin Hubble

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Neil deGrasse Tyson

17.

Which civilization moved massive stones from 19 to 150 miles away to their location?

a)

Chinese

b)

Pyramids of Giza

c)

Mayans

d)

Stonehenge

18.

The most famous prehistoric astronomical observatory is:

a)

the Sphinx

b)

Stonehenge

c)

Big Horn stone circle

d)

Carcacol

19.

Which branch of science is the oldest based on the artifacts found around 32,000 years ago?

a)

Astronomy

b)

Chemistry

c)

Biology

d)

Physics

20.

Which Greek astronomer's model was the model accepted for nearly 1300 years?

a)

Aristotle's

b)

Ptolemy's

c)

Eratosthenes'

d)

Aristarchus of Samos