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WorksheetsPlanetary Notes
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
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Class
Date
1.
The initial motion of the spheres according to Aristotle was due to
a)
Unmoved mover
b)
Prime mover
c)
Great god
d)
Unexpected mover
2.
For Aristotle the terrestrial is a place of birth and death, based in the four elements. The heavens are a separate realm governed by their own rules, made of a fifth element called
a)
Cosmology
b)
Simultaneity
c)
Quintessence
d)
Aether
3.
Aristotle believed that the heavenly bodies where perfect and moved in
a)
Circles
b)
Ellipse
c)
Oval
d)
Erratically
4.
Aristotle asserted that the world
a)
Existed for all eternity
b)
Was created by the first god
c)
Was perfect after its creation
d)
Had a gradual beginning
5.
The early Greeks regarded the sky as a
a)
Celestial Sphere
b)
Celestial Object
c)
Celestial Circle
d)
Celestial Heavens
6.
Some ancient people thought that the dome that surrounded earth was
a)
crystalline material with stars embedded like jewels
b)
crystalline material that the stars were hung
c)
Glass that reflected light back to Earth
d)
Glass that the stars were hung from
7.
How did ancient people think the sky changed from day to night?
a)
Earth spins on its axis, and the Sun revolves around Earth
b)
Celestial sphere spun, and the Earth revolves around the Sun
c)
Celestial sphere and the Sun revolves around the Earth
d)
Earth spins on it axis and revolves around the Sun
8.
The ancients knew that the sunrise occurred a little later each day by
a)
8 minutes
b)
6 minutes
c)
4 minutes
d)
2 minutes
9.
Ancient Greeks thought that he Earth was
a)
Flat
b)
Circle
c)
Sphere
d)
Disk
10.
Aristotle proved the Earth was a sphere during a(n) _____________ with
a)
Lunar eclipse; the shadow the Earth cast on the Moon
b)
Lunar eclipse; the shadow the Moon cast on the Earth
c)
Solar eclipse; the Suns shadow of the Moon
d)
Solar eclipse; the Moon shadow on the Earth
11.
The first fairly accurate determination of Earth’s diameter was made in about 200 BCE by
a)
Aristotle
b)
Eratosthenes
c)
Hipparchus of Nicaea
d)
Claudius Ptolemy
12.
Using ___________ Eratosthenes was able to find an angle of the Earth between the two cities
a)
Shadows
b)
String
c)
Clouds
d)
Measuring rods
13.
Astronomer was noted for cataloging 850 objects in the sky & creating celestial coordinates
a)
Eratosthenes
b)
Hipparchus of Nicaea
c)
Claudius Ptolemy
d)
Galileo Galilei
14.
Hipparchus first noticed the wobbling of the north celestial pole which indicates that the
a)
Axis of Earth changes over time
b)
North Pole does not appear to move
c)
One day the Earth’s poles with flip like the Sun’s poles
d)
Earth’s axis remains the same through the years
15.
Ptolemy Model is
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geometric
c)
Geocentric
d)
Heliometric
16.
To account for retrograde motion the Greeks devised
a)
Epicycles
b)
Prograde
c)
Occam’s razor
d)
Redistribution semiannually
17.
Who was the first astronomer to suggest the Sun was in the center of the universe
a)
Nicolaus Copernicus
b)
Aristarchus of Samos
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
Johannes Kepler
18.
What was the most important event that occurred during the Renaissance period?
a)
The displacement of Earth from the center of the universe
b)
The invention of the telescope
c)
The publication of Galileo’s book in Italian
d)
Finding the moons of Jupiter
19.
Who published the book on the heliocentric model of the universe after his death?
a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Johannes Kepler
c)
Nicolaus Copernicus
d)
Albert Einstein
20.
According the notes Nicolaus’ Copernican Theory still assumed what
a)
Planets moved in uniformed circular motions
b)
Epicycles were still needed to explain planetary motion
c)
Stars were affixed on the celestial sphere
d)
That Venus would not experience phases like the moon
21.
Copernicus deduced that the nearer a planet is to the Sun,
a)
The slower the orbital speed
b)
The greater the orbital speed
c)
The orbital speed will accelerate and decelerate
d)
The orbital speed is erratic
22.
Church issued a prohibition decree that the Copernican doctrine was “false and absurd” because
a)
Galileo challenged their authority
b)
Galileo revealed in experiments the doctrine was false
c)
Church wanted to control religion but not morality
d)
Church did not like Copernicus & thought he lost his mind
23.
Galileo Galilei invented the telescope
a)
true
b)
false
24.
How many moons did Galileo dind revolving about Jupiter Galilean Moons)
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
25.
Galileo found that this planet did go through phases just as the Copernican theory predicted
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
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