WorksheetsQuiz on Geocentric and Heliocentric Models
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does the prefix 'helio' mean?
Related to the Moon
Related to Earth
Related to Mars
Related to the Sun
What does the prefix 'geo' mean?
Related to Mars
Related to Jupiter
Related to the Sun
Related to Earth
What did people believe in the geocentric model?
Mars revolves around Earth
Earth revolves around the Sun
Sun revolves around Earth
Moon revolves around Earth
Who is believed to be the first person to propose the heliocentric model?
Galileo
Johannes Kepler
Aristarchus of Samos
Nicolaus Copernicus
Which astronomer published the book 'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium'?
Galileo
Johannes Kepler
Aristarchus of Samos
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who built on the heliocentric theory developed by Copernicus?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo
Aristarchus of Samos
Johannes Kepler
What did the Catholic Church believe about the heliocentric theory?
It was supported by them
It was a myth
It was against their beliefs
It was scientifically proven
Who was put under house arrest for supporting the heliocentric theory?
Galileo
Johannes Kepler
Aristarchus of Samos
Nicolaus Copernicus
What did Galileo continue to work on despite being under house arrest?
Chemistry
Biology
Astronomy
Physics
What did Nicolaus Copernicus propose in his heliocentric model?
Jupiter is at the center of the Solar System
Mars is at the center of the Solar System
Sun is at the center of the Solar System
Earth is at the center of the Solar System
Who was a mathematician, artist, translator, and astronomer known for the heliocentric theory?
Johannes Kepler
Aristarchus of Samos
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo
What did the Catholic Church believe about the creation of the world?
The world was created by aliens
The world was created by nature
God created the world and put man at the center of it
The world was created by a big bang
What did Aristarchus of Samos propose in 300 BC?
Jupiter is at the center of the Solar System
Mars is at the center of the Solar System
Sun is at the center of the Solar System
Earth is at the center of the Solar System
What did Galileo find more evidence for using a telescope?
Copernican model
Heliocentric model
Ptolemaic model
Geocentric model
What do scientists and astronomers continue to do as long as humans have an enquiring mind?
Discover new things in the cosmos
Destroy the cosmos
Ignore the cosmos
Forget about the cosmos
