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WorksheetsReview: Historical Perspective of the Universe
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 24mins
According to Aristotle, this is the type of motion that is observed on planets.
Terrestrial motion
Celestial motion
Select the correct arrangement of the four earthly elements from the the innermost to outermost.
water, air, fire earth
fire, air, water, earth
earth, water, air, fire
It is a type of celestial motion that describes the revolution of the earth around the sun
diurnal motion
annual motion
precession of equinoxes
It is a type of celestial motion that describes the daily rotation of the earth, moon, sun, and stars
diurnal motion
annual motion
precession of equinoxes
It is a type of celestial motion that describes the change in the orientation of rotational axis
diurnal motion
annual motion
precession of equinoxes
Which of the following DID NOT support geocentrism?
Plato
Aristarchus
Eudoxus
Claudius Ptolemy
Whose geocentric model has only two spheres namely outer sphere and solar sphere?
Plato
Aristotle
Eudoxus
Claudius Ptolemy
This motion observed by Eudoxus shows the planets slowing down overtime, stops, changes direction and moves backward.
(a)
Whose geocentric model contains deferent and epicycles?
Tycho Brahe
Aristotle
Claudius Ptolemy
These are the circular paths with centers along an orbit that was used to explain retrograde motion in a geocentric model.
Epicycles
Deferent
Which of the following statements DOES NOT support Nicolaus Copernicus' principles?
All the spheres rotate around the sun, which is near the center of the universe.
Celestial bodies like stars move around the earth.
Earth is moved in a sphere around the sun, causing the apparent annual migration of the sun. Earth has more than one motion.
Earth's orbital motion around the sun causes the seeming reverse in direction of the motions of the planets.
Whose geocentric model have all planets (except the Earth and its moon) orbit around the sun, while the remaining planets and the Sun orbit the Earth?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
Which of the following supports Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion?
The orbits of the planets are circular.
The speed of a planet slows down when it is closer to the sun.
The farther away a planet is from the sun, the longer it takes to make its orbit around the sun.
He invented the modern view of science from being a faith-based science to an obserservation-based science.
Tycho Brahe
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Claudius Ptolemy
Galileo Galilei have numerous major discoveries from his telescope observations. Provide his discoveries (as many as possible)
This is the motion of everyday objects or objects that are on Earth
Terrestrial motion
Celestial motion
