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GRADE 12 (PHYSICAL SCIENCE) Q2: MODELS OF THE UNIVERSE

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

2.       What Greek evidence helps prove that the shape of the Earth is spherical?

a)

They notice the curve shadow of Earth on Sun during Solar Eclipse.

b)

The travelers discovered that they saw different constellation as they traveled north or south.

c)

The merchant saw the shadow in a distance when they travel.

d)

The ship became larger and then its hull disappeared first become sail.

2.

9.       Who proposed that the moon and the sun revolve around Earth and all other planets revolve around the Sun known as Geo-Heliocentric Model?

a)

Johannes Kepler

b)

  Claudius Ptolemy

c)

Aristotle

d)

Tycho Brahe

3.

12.    Who proposed that all planets including Earth revolves around the Sun also known as Heliocentric Model?

 

a)

 

Johannes Kepler

b)

Claudius Ptolemy

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Tycho Brahe

4.

Geocentrism states that:

a)

Saturn is at the center of the universe

b)

Jupiter at the center of the universe

c)

The sun is at the center of the universe

d)

The earth is at the center of the universe

5.

Heliocentrism states that:

a)

the sun is the center

b)

the earth is the center

c)

the moon is the ceneter

d)

the mars is the ceneter

6.

Ptolemy's model of the universe:

a)

None of these answers are correct

b)

Did not include the Earth at all

c)

Did not include the sun at all

d)

Tried to explain retrograde motion of the planets through the use of epicycles

7.

What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?

a)

the shape of the planets' orbits

b)

the center of the solar system

c)

the movement of the moon

d)

The movement of the sun

8.

 

Who discovered the Geocentric method?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Ptolemy

c)

The church

d)

The Earth its self

9.

He proposed the first idea that the sun was in the centre of the universe, and the planet and celestial bodies revolved around the sun, in a circular path. He also proposed the idea that stars moved during the year. This theory never gained popularity in the ancient world.

a)

aristarchus

b)

aristotle

c)

galileo

d)

ptolemy

10.

Most known as the first astronomer to posit the idea of a heliocentric solar system. This is a system in which the planets and planetary objects orbit the sun.P

a)

Galileo

b)

Copernicus

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Brahe

11.

His model is the combination of geo and heliocentric model of the unverse.

a)

Tycho Brahe

b)

Nicolas Copernicus

c)

Aristotle

d)

Aristarchus

12.

What is the shape of the planet earth according to ancient people such as babylonians, hebrews, chinese?

a)

circle

b)

flat

c)

sphere

d)

ellipse

13.

What is the name of the Earths moon?

a)

Moon

b)

Luna

c)

Lunar

d)

Aria

14.

Who proposed the tychonic model of the universe?

a)

Brahe

b)

Kepler

c)

Plato

d)

Eudoxus

15.

The center of this small circle in turn moves around Earth along a bigger circular path called the _________.

a)

Epicycle

b)

Deferent

c)

Equant

d)

Planets

16.

What does the Heliocentric system look like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

The Geocentric model had to prove that the Earth was the center of the solar system. They said that planets follow these small circles in their orbit called:

a)

ellipse

b)

micro patterns

c)

epicycles

d)

dominant movement