History of Astronomy

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9th - 12th Grade

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MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS2-6

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Sam Trent

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which astronomer of antiquity made elaborate models of an earth-centered universe?

Copernicus

Aristarchus

Ptolemy

Tycho Brahe

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which astronomer of antiquity first applied a telescope to astronomical observation?

Ptolemy

Galileo Galilei

Tycho Brahe

Copernicus

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ancient Greeks believed, the earth to be the center of the universe. What do we call this model?

Ptolemic System

Geocentric Universe

Heliocentric Universe

Copernican Model

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tycho Brahe's biggest contribution to astronomy was...?

Accurate Observations of the stars and planets

His telescopic observations

Heliocentric Universe

His Silver Nose

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Examine the Diagram of the Solar System below. Which of the following astronomers held and promoted this view of the solar system?

Aristarchus

Ptolemy & Tycho Brahe

Copernicus

Johannes Kepler & Tycho Brahe

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following words shows the similarity between Aristarchus and Copernicus?

Geocentric

Heliocentric

Retrograde

Epicycle

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Spinning of Earth on its axis.

Rotation

Revolution

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