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WorksheetsHeliocentric Geocentric Theory
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does "geo-" mean?
a)
Earth
b)
sun
c)
Center
2.
Why did people believe in the Geocentric vs the Heliocentric solar system?
a)
Geocentric system had been around for a LONG time.
b)
People don't like change.
c)
There wasn't enough proof to support the Heliocentric system.
d)
all of these answers are correct.
3.
This image shows the:
a)
Geocentric Solar System
b)
Heliocentric Solar System
4.
What Model is where the sun is the center of the universe?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
c)
Earth's rotations
d)
Earth's planets
5.
What model does this represent?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
6.
What does "helios" mean?
a)
Earth
b)
center of
c)
sun
d)
moon
7.
This person discovered moons on Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory
a)
Aristotle
b)
Copernicus
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Galileo
8.
This person was the first to use a telescope to make observations in the sky -
a)
Aristotle
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Galileo
9.
For over 1,000 years, the church supported this theory -
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
10.
This person developed the heliocentric theory and was considered the founder of modern astronomy.
a)
Aristotle
b)
Copernicus
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Galileo
11.
What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?
a)
Sun
b)
Comet
c)
Jupiter
d)
Earth
12.
These 2 astronomers thought that all of the planets revolve around the sun in an ellipse, and that the sun is not in the exact center of the orbits:
a)
Kepler
b)
Brahe
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
13.
Built a telescope and made discoveries which changed astronomy; discovered 4 moons of Jupiter
a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Aristotle
c)
William Herschel
d)
Claudius Ptolemy
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