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WorksheetsThe Solar System: changing ideas
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
What was Ptolemy right about?
The earth is flat
The earth is a sphere
The sun is the centre of the solar system
The earth is the centre of the solar system
What was Brahe right about?
The sky is not fixed and can change
The earth is a sphere
The sun is the centre of the solar system
The earth is the centre of the solar system
Copernicus was the first person to suggest what?
The sky is not fixed and can change
The earth is a sphere
The sun is the centre of the solar system
The earth is the centre of the solar system
What did Kepler prove?
The sky is not fixed and can change
The earth is a sphere
The sun is the centre of the solar system
The earth is the centre of the solar system
Which of these is not one of the four elements, according to Plato?
Earth
Air
Lava
Water
What was Ptolemy wrong about?
The earth is flat
The earth is a sphere
The sun is the centre of the solar system
The earth is the centre of the solar system
What is retrograde motion?
The planets appear to slow down as they move near earth
The planets appear to move "backwards" in the sky
The planets move in circles around the sun
Planets move faster when they are near the sun
Copernicus was born in what is now
Poland
Germany
Italy
Denmark
Copernicus's model is called the....
Geocentric model
Heliocentric Model
Epicycular model
Flat earth theory
What shape did Kepler say orbits were?
Circular
Parabolic
Hyperbolic
Elliptical
Kepler also showed the greater the distance a planet is from the sun the...
greater it's orbit period
lower the orbital period
greater the gravity
faster it moves
