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WorksheetsSolar System Model
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
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 does this represent?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
5.
Galileo used ______ to develop the heliocentric theory.
a)
predictions
b)
the scientific method
c)
theories
d)
guesses
6.
A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
7.
What does "helios" mean?
a)
Earth
b)
center of
c)
sun
d)
moon
8.
This person was a Greek philosopher who believed the universe centered around the Earth in a perfect circle
a)
Copernicus
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Aristotle
d)
Galileo
9.
This person believed that planets move on small circles that move on larger circles
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Aristotle
10.
This person discovered moons on Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory
a)
Aristotle
b)
Copernicus
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Galileo
11.
This person was the first to use a telescope to make observations in the sky -
a)
Aristotle
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Galileo
12.
For over 1,000 years, the church supported this theory -
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
13.
This person developed the heliocentric theory and was considered the founder of modern astronomy.
a)
Aristotle
b)
Copernicus
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Galileo
14.
What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?
a)
Sun
b)
Comet
c)
Jupiter
d)
Earth
15.
The path that a body follows as it travels around another body.
a)
Solar System
b)
Prominence
c)
Orbit
d)
Geocentric
16.
An apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations.
a)
Parallax
b)
Perihelion
c)
Solar Nebula
d)
Prominence
17.
Sun Centered
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Aphelion
d)
Perihelion
18.
A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
a)
Solar Flare
b)
Orbit
c)
Gravity
d)
Centripetal Force
19.
Earth Centered
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Gravity
d)
Centripetal Force
20.
The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it.
a)
Geocentric
b)
Centripetal Force
c)
Sunspot
d)
Solar System
21.
This astronomer thought that all of the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits, and that the sun is not in the exact center of the orbits:
a)
Kepler
b)
Brahe
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
22.
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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