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WorksheetsPhysical Science Quarter 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
He believed that all celestial objects are perfect or etherial and that they move in a perfect circle.
Galileo
Plato
Copernicus
Brahe
Which of the following shows the Geoheliocentric model of the universe?
It is the daily motion of the stars and other celestial bodies across the sky.
Diurnal motion
Annual motion
Celestial motion
Equinox
It is a point in the orbit where a planet such as Earth is farthest from the sun.
Perihelion
Epicycle
Deferent
Aphelion
He was able to measure the approximate circumference of the Earth by observing the shadow that the sun casts.
Plato
Eratosthenes
Pythagoras
Aristotle
The following observations led the ancient Greeks to believe that Earth is spherical EXCEPT one.
The disappearance of ships in the horizon
The shadow of the earth on the moon during lunar eclipse
The shape of the moon and sun
The sun spots
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
Law of Acceleration
Law of Elipses
Law of Equal Areas
Law of Harmonies
Who proposed the 3 laws of planetary motion?
Tycho Brahe
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Plato's problem of saving appearances started when they have observed the planets' apparent backward motion in the sky. What do you call this motion?
Diurnal motion
Retrograde motion
Annual motion
Planetary motion
He proposed the Heliocentric model of the universe
Plato
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
The following observations led Galileo to support the Heliocentric model EXCEPT one.
The phases of Venus
The moons of Jupiter
The disappearance of ships in the horizon.
The sun spots
The five planets which can be seen without the aid of a telescope.
Mercury, Mars, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Saturn
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
He observed the supernova explosion and was able to debunk the old belief that stars are perfect and that they move in perfect circular motion.
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Keples
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
This law of planetary motion states that the orbits of the planets are not perfectly circular in shape.
Law of Equal Areas
Law of Harmonies
Law of Ellipses
None of the above
He proposed a geocentric model where planets have smaller orbits called epicycles while they also move around larger orbits called deferent. His model was widely accepted during his time.
Plato
Eudoxus
Aristotle
Ptolemy
