WorksheetsF3 Science Chapter 10 (10.1)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the term for Earth being in the center?
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
sun centered
d)
Galileo
2.
The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is
a)
Ptolomy
b)
Galileo
c)
Copernicus
d)
Kepler
3.
Which scientist found that planetary orbits were elliptical?
a)
Galileo
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Kepler
4.
Galileo approached questions in a fashion that is now known as what?
a)
scientific theory
b)
scientific method
c)
earth science
d)
scientific law
5.
Which is not evidence for the geocentric model?
a)
The sun moves across the sky from east to west every day.
b)
The moon moves around the Earth every day.
c)
The stars move across the sky every night.
d)
The planets display retrograde movement in the sky.
6.
Whose heliocentric model is seen as the first step in the development of the modern models of the solar system?
a)
Galileo
b)
Copernicus
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Kepler
7.
A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
8.
A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars. This includes the sun revolving around the Earth. This model is no longer supported.
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
9.
The Word "Helio" Refers To?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Sun
d)
Juputer
10.
The Word "Geo" Means?
a)
Sun
b)
Earth
c)
Milky way
d)
Back
11.
This image shows the:
a)
Geocentric Solar System
b)
Heliocentric Solar System
12.
What model does this represent?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
13.
The earth centered view of the universe
a)
Galaxy
b)
Geocentric
c)
Astonomy
d)
Heliocentric
14.
The sun centered view of the universe
a)
Galaxy
b)
Geocentric
c)
Astonomy
d)
Heliocentric
15.
Ptolemy's view of the universe
a)
Galaxy
b)
Geocentric
c)
Astonomy
d)
Heliocentric
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