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Greek Astronomy

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT an example of natural motion?

a)

rain fall

b)

rocks falling

c)

steam / smoke going up

d)

none of the above

2.

Which of the following is an example of a DIURNAL event?

a)

sunrise and sunset

b)

seasons

c)

meteor shower

d)

revolution

3.

Who proved that the the orbits of planets were elliptical?

a)

Johannes Kepler

b)

Galileo Galilee

c)

Aristotle

d)

Erastothenes

4.

Which of the following affects seasons? Select two

a)

tilting of the earth's axis

b)

distance of the earth from the sun

c)

number of moons

d)

amount of water that covers the area of the continent

5.

Sun as the center of the solar system

a)

heliocentric

b)

geocentric

6.

This is when celestial objects like the sun, stars and the moon appear to move across each day

a)

retrograde daily motion

b)

apparent daily motion

7.

It is a model of the universe where the Earth is stationary and all the celestial bodies revolve around it.

a)

geocentric

b)

heliocentric

8.

Among the following scienctists, who believes the geocentric model? Select Two

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Aristarchus

c)

Galileo Galilee

d)

Aristotle

9.

Which two planets were not yet discovered in the early Greek Times

a)

Uranus

b)

Saturn

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

10.

Which of the following explains the how the sun and the other planets moved according tot he geocentric model?

a)

retrograde movement

b)

epicycles

c)

geocycles

d)

apparent daily motion

11.

The earth is perfectly round, made by God.

a)

geocentric

b)

heliocentric

12.

Who among the following are founders of heliocentrism?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galilee

c)

Aristotle

d)

Ptolemy

13.

The Earth revolves around the sun.

a)

geocentric

b)

heliocentric

14.

The speed of the planets as they move around the sun changes.

a)

Galileo Galilee

b)

Isaac Newton

15.

Nothing is perfectly circular.

a)

geocentric

b)

heliocentric