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Worksheets*Solar System History*
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins
A long, long time ago, there was only a small lit-up dot in the universe. What did it do?
Exploded
Started Moving
The Sun
Something Else
The Milky Way
Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions:
How did our planets and moons form?
How did our universe begin?
How does the sun turn hydrogen into helium?
How fast does light travel through space>
Which description is considered most accuratly descibes what happened during the Big Bang?
Two galaxies collided causing an immense explosion as stars crashed into one another
There was only a small lit-up dot in the universe. It exploded, creating everything in the universe.
All matter emerged from a massive black hole at the center of the universe.
Parts of the sun were ripped off by massive internal explosions and were thrown into space where they cooled to become other things, like plants, comets, and other galaxies.
A student wrote this in their notes:
Nothing in the Universe is moving today.
Is the student right or wrong?
The student is right.
The student is wrong.
Choose the real evidence that backs up the Big Bang Theory.
Planets
Heat is left
Galaxies are separating with the Universe getting bigger.
The Sun
There is no true evidence for the Big Bang Theory
Who is the "Grandfather of Science?"
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Galileo
Tycho Brahe
Who belived in the geocentric model?
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Galileo
Kepler
Every person we studyed belived that the solar system moved in perfect circles, except...
Kepler
Everyone Did
No One Did
Tycho Brahe
Ptolemy
What is the heliocentric model?
Earth Centered Model
Sun Centered Model
What is the geocentric model?
Earth Centered Model
Sun Centered Model
Who belived in the heliocentric model?
Aristotle
Tycho Brahe
Copernicus
Galileo
Kepler
Who predicted the positions tht the planets are in now?
Aristotle
Tycho Brahe
Ptolemy
Galileo
Kepler
(a) used Tycho's data to find elliptical circles of the planets.
What technology did Kepler use?
Naked Eye
Math Calculations
Telescope
Camera
Kepler orginated from (a) .
Both _______ and _______ orginated from Greece.
Aristle
Ptolemy
Kepler
Tycho Brache
Galileo
_________ observed that Earth is a sphere.
Aristle
Kepler
Ptolemy
Galileo
Enstien
Who only used their naked eye?
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Galileo
2/3 of the astonomers/scientists we study didn't use a teleiscope. Why?
They couldn't afford it.
It wasn't invented yet.
They thought they were dumb.
They didn't know about them.
They were big, so there wasn't room in their houses for them.
2 people we study used a telescope. One of those people were __________.
Tycho Brahe
Galileo
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Aristotle
The telescope was invented by (a) .
In about 1610 AD, the telescope enlarged things __x.
20x
10x
100x
3x
900x
What approx. year was Aristotle?
350 BC
140 AD
100 BC
1610 AD
What approx. year was Ptolemy?
350 BC
140 AD
100 AD
1610 AD
What approx. year was Copernicus?
350 BC
140 AD
100 AD
1543 AD
Copernicus orginated from (a) .
Galileo orginated from (a) .
Tycho Brahe orginated from (a) .
What approx. year was Galileo?
350 BC
140 AD
1545 AD
1610 AD
What approx. year was Tycho Brahe?
Late 1500's
Early 1500's
Mid 1500's
1400's
1600's
What approx. year was Kepler?
1500's - 1600's
1400's - 1700's
1800's - 1900's
1400's to 1450's
Tycho Brahe...
Made Careful Observations
Recorded Postions of the Planets
Maped the Stars
Named the Planets
Named the Big Bang Theory
Who proved Copernicus correct using the telescope?
Galileo
Kepler
Tycho Brahe
Who discovered Jupieter's 4 largest moons?
Galileo
Copernicus
Kepler
Ptolemy
Galileo...
Discovered that Venus has phases like our moon
Belived in the Geocentric Model
Found ellipitacal circles in the planets
Is the "Grandfather of Science"
(a) is the "Founder of Modern Astonomy."
Copernicus...
Belived that Earth rotates on it's axis once a day
Belived that Earth revolved around the Sun once a year
Invented the telescope
Found that the planets make elliptical circles
Which is correct?
