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Timeline of Astronomy

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This ancient Greek philosopher was the first to propose a heliocentric model for our solar system.

a)

Herodotus

b)

Plato

c)

Aristarchus

d)

Socrates

2.

The main stones at Stonehenge were laid in place in approximately what year?

a)

1000 BC

b)

1066 AD

c)

2500 BC

d)

1492 AD

3.

Three important types of telescopes -- refracting (lens), reflecting (mirror), and radio -- were developed by these scientists in this order:

a)

Lippershey, Newton, then Reber

b)

Newton, Reber, then Lippershey

c)

Reber, Lippershey, then Newton

d)

Newton, Lippershey, then Reber

4.

He discovered the four moons of Jupiter, craters on the Moon, and the Milky Way Galaxy.

a)

Da Vinci

b)

Kepler

c)

Galileo

d)

Aristotle

5.

He was the first person in space.

a)

Boris Badenov

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

John Glenn

d)

Yuri Gagarin

6.

This scientist was the first to discover that there were galaxies other than the Milky Way.

a)

Stephen Hawking

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Edwin Hubble

d)

Percival Lowell

7.

The first people to walk on the Moon are:

a)

Yuri Gagarin and Boris Badenov

b)

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

c)

James Watson and Francis Crick

d)

Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard

8.

Johannes Kepler proposed his three laws of planetary motion at the same time this scientist was studying the solar system.

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Max Plank

c)

Issac Newton

d)

Galileo Galilei