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ESS Astronomy Personalities Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This astronomer discovered that Jupiter has moons.

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Tycho Brahe

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

e)

Aristotle

2.

What was Aristotle's profession?

a)

Astronomer

b)

Doctor

c)

Playwrite

d)

Philosopher

e)

Greek King

3.

What phase is shown in the image?

a)

Gibbous Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

New Moon

d)

Quarter Moon

e)

Crescent Moon

4.

When the sun is rising in the morning what is the Full Moon doing?

a)

Also rising

b)

Creating a Solar Eclipse

c)

You can't see the full moon, it's invisible

d)

Setting

e)

It is high in the sky overhead.

5.

What model of the universe did Aristotle defend?

a)

Geocentric

b)

Heliocentric

c)

Godcentric

d)

Sapiencentric

e)

String Theory

6.

Which two are NOT part of Kepler's Laws of planetary motion?

i. Objects trace out equal areas for equal periods of time.

ii. Gravity makes the planets move in odd orbits.

iii. T^2 is proportional to R^3

iv. All celestial objects move in perfect circles?

v. All celestial objects move in ellipses.

a)

i & ii

b)

ii & iii

c)

i & iv

d)

ii & iv

e)

iv & v

7.

Copernicus proposed what universal model?

a)

Geocentric

b)

Heliocentric

c)

Humancentric

d)

Godcentric

e)

String Theory

8.

Which phase of the moon comes after 1st Quarter?

a)

Waning Gibbous

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Full Moon

d)

Waning Crescent

e)

Waxing Crescent

9.

The catholic church accepted this universal model as part of their doctrine.

a)

Heliocentric

b)

String Theory

c)

Copernican model

d)

Geocentric

e)

Big Bang

10.

What did Galileo see when he looked at Venus?

a)

Nothing, Venus is too small.

b)

Rings

c)

Moons

d)

Phases like the Moon

e)

Spots or blemishes