WorksheetsHistory of Astronomy Retake
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did Galileo NOT see?
a)
Mountains on the earth's moon.
b)
Uranus's moons Titania and Oberon.
c)
Jupiter's 4 largest moons.
d)
The phases of Venus.
2.
Which astronomer of antiquity made elaborate models of an earth-centered universe?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Aristarchus
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Tycho Brahe
3.
Which astronomer of antiquity first applied a telescope to astronomical observation?
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Galileo Galilei
c)
Tycho Brahe
d)
Copernicus
4.
Ancient Greeks believed, the earth to be the centr of the universe. What do we call this model?
a)
Ptolemic System
b)
Geocentric Universe
c)
Heliocentric Universe
d)
Copernican Model
5.
Ancient astronomers used 'epicycles' to explain...?
a)
Retrograde Motion
b)
Constellation Movement
c)
Moon's Phases
d)
Planetary Transits
6.
Tycho Brahe's biggest contribution to astronomy was...?
a)
Accurate Observations of the stars and planets
b)
His telescopic observations
c)
Heliocentric Universe
d)
His Silver Nose
7.
Examine the Diagram of the Solar System below. Which of the following astronomers held and promoted this view of the solar system?
a)
Aristarchus
b)
Ptolemy & Tycho Brahe
c)
Copernicus
d)
Johannes Kepler & Tycho Brahe
8.
What is the following diagram developed by Ptolemy attempting to explain?
a)
How the relative distance of the earth can be determined
b)
Heliocentric model
c)
Geocentric model with stellar parallax
d)
Geocentric model with the retrograde motion of Mars
9.
What problems did early astronomers face when trying to justify a geocentric model?
a)
Retrograde motion of planets farther out than the Earth
b)
Bodies in the night sky moved from horizon to horizon making people think the Sun was the center
c)
No observations of bodies in the night sky were observable to make any logical conclusions about celestial orbits
d)
The lack of evidence for stellar parallax
10.
Which of the following words shows the similarity between Aristarchus and Copernicus?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
c)
Retrograde
d)
Epicycle
11.
Spinning of Earth on its axis.
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
12.
The motion of Earth around the Sun most affects the
a)
timing of tides.
b)
length of a month.
c)
cycle of the seasons.
d)
phases of the Moon.
13.
During which season is the northern hemisphere tilted toward the Sun?
a)
Summer
b)
Fall
c)
Winter
d)
Spring
14.
What causes the seasons of the year?
a)
The tilt of Earth on its axis
b)
The rotation of the Moon around Earth
c)
The spinning of Earth on its axis
d)
The northern and southern hemisphere
15.
A group of stars that form a pattern shape like an animal, person, or object
a)
constellation
b)
equator
c)
rotate
d)
Milky Way
16.
Like the sun and the moon, stars and planets appear to move from east to west from one day to the next.
a)
true
b)
false
17.
From the South Pole, Polaris would be overhead
a)
true
b)
false
18.
The sun is a fixed star which does not rotate.
a)
true
b)
false
19.
If the sun is at zenith, where on earth might you be? (most of the year)
a)
Dallas. TX
b)
South Pole
c)
Equator/withing the tropic latitude lines
d)
North Pole
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