WorksheetsAstronomical Phenomenon
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
______________ is a terrestrial motion made by humans and animals which depicts the movement of humans and animals due to their will as the primary cause of motion.
Natural Motion
Violent Motion
Voluntary Motion
Involuntary Motion
It was a motion where we see the sun rises at the east horizon and sets down at the west horizon. The Greeks explained this phenomenon by introducing the concept of celestial spheres. What motion was explaining the occurrence of day and night?
Annual Motion
Diurnal Motion
Precession of Equinoxes
None of the Above
In 1543, a revolutionary idea opposing geocentric views of the universe arose again. It was __________________
who argued that the Ptolemaic model was a good portrait of positions of the planet but as time passed, it was not precise anymore. Who proposed the GEOCENTRISM?
Copernicus
Aristotle and Ptolemy
Democritus
None of the above
According to Kepler’s third Law, which quantity is the period of revolution a planet related?
Gravitational attraction of sun and the planet
Mass of the planet
Size of the planet
Distance along the semi-major axis
Which statement is not true about Galileo?
He invented the telescope
He observed the moon of Jupiter
He discovered the sunspot
His observation to phases of Venus supported heliocentric model
Who was the first astronomer who suggested that the Earth rotates on its axis?
Tycho Brahe
Aristotle
Aristarchus
Eudoxus
Which is not true about Aristotle’s astronomical belief?
He supported the idea of geocentric universe.
He believed that the world is sphere.
He suggested that Earth is revolving around the sun.
He believed in celestial spheres.
He observed that during Lunar Eclipse, the Earth's shadow was reflected on the Moon's surface. He stated that the shadow was circular, therefore, he concluded that the Earth is circular.
Anaxagoras
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Eratosthenes
What is the reason why Pluto was removed as part of the Solar System?
Because it rotates on its own axis.
Because it has its own orbit.
Because it has the ability to revolving around the sun
Because it has the ability to change orbit.
What is the other term of Copernican Model of Astronomical Phenomenon?
Geocentric
Biocentric
Heliocentic
Airocentic
What does the word HELIOCENTRIC mean?
earth - center
sun- center
moon - center
planet- center
According to Copernican Model, the epicycle moves in what type of motion?
Vertical Motion
Circular Motion
Elliptical Motion
Horizontal Motion
What is the Real name of the Philosopher who proposed the Geocentric Universe?
Claus
Claudium
Claudius
Clausius
What is the is the other term used to define for Geocentric?
Copernican Model
Ptolemaic Model
Aristotelian Model
Galilean Model
Where does the Greek word Geocentric came from?
sun - center
earth - center
moon - center
planet- center
Who stated that the moon revolves around the Earth followed by the other planets?
Pythagoras
Brahe
Copernicus
Ptolemy
This explains that the planets of the Solar System revolve around the Sun but the Earth is the center of the universe.
Aristotelian Model
Copernican Model
Tychonic Model
Ptolemaic Model
Which of the three models of the Universe is most similar to the present day description of the Solar System?
Tychonic Model
Ptolemaic Model
Aristotelian Model
Copernican Model
Which of the three astronomical phenomenon models states that the Earth is at the center of the universe and everything in the universe revolves around the Earth.
Tychonic Model
Ptolemaic Model
Copernican Model
Anaxagorais Model
Who is the Philosopher who stated that the Earth is at the center of the universe, the sun revolves around the Earth and all the other planets revolve around the Sun?
Tycho Braha
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahi
Tycho Braho
