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WorksheetsGreek Astronomy
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following is NOT an example of natural motion?
rain fall
rocks falling
steam / smoke going up
none of the above
Which of the following is an example of a DIURNAL event?
sunrise and sunset
seasons
meteor shower
revolution
Who proved that the the orbits of planets were elliptical?
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilee
Aristotle
Erastothenes
Which of the following affects seasons? Select two
tilting of the earth's axis
distance of the earth from the sun
number of moons
amount of water that covers the area of the continent
Sun as the center of the solar system
heliocentric
geocentric
This is when celestial objects like the sun, stars and the moon appear to move across each day
retrograde daily motion
apparent daily motion
It is a model of the universe where the Earth is stationary and all the celestial bodies revolve around it.
geocentric
heliocentric
Among the following scienctists, who believes the geocentric model? Select Two
Ptolemy
Aristarchus
Galileo Galilee
Aristotle
Which two planets were not yet discovered in the early Greek Times
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Which of the following explains the how the sun and the other planets moved according tot he geocentric model?
retrograde movement
epicycles
geocycles
apparent daily motion
The earth is perfectly round, made by God.
geocentric
heliocentric
Who among the following are founders of heliocentrism?
Copernicus
Galilee
Aristotle
Ptolemy
The Earth revolves around the sun.
geocentric
heliocentric
The speed of the planets as they move around the sun changes.
Galileo Galilee
Isaac Newton
Nothing is perfectly circular.
geocentric
heliocentric
