WorksheetsTimeline of Astronomy
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
This ancient Greek philosopher was the first to propose a heliocentric model for our solar system.
Herodotus
Plato
Aristarchus
Socrates
The main stones at Stonehenge were laid in place in approximately what year?
1000 BC
1066 AD
2500 BC
1492 AD
Three important types of telescopes -- refracting (lens), reflecting (mirror), and radio -- were developed by these scientists in this order:
Lippershey, Newton, then Reber
Newton, Reber, then Lippershey
Reber, Lippershey, then Newton
Newton, Lippershey, then Reber
He discovered the four moons of Jupiter, craters on the Moon, and the Milky Way Galaxy.
Da Vinci
Kepler
Galileo
Aristotle
He was the first person in space.
Boris Badenov
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Yuri Gagarin
This scientist was the first to discover that there were galaxies other than the Milky Way.
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
Edwin Hubble
Percival Lowell
The first people to walk on the Moon are:
Yuri Gagarin and Boris Badenov
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
James Watson and Francis Crick
Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard
Johannes Kepler proposed his three laws of planetary motion at the same time this scientist was studying the solar system.
Francis Bacon
Max Plank
Issac Newton
Galileo Galilei
