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Model of the Solar System
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Ancient observers included the ___________, __________, and _______________.
Mayans
Greeks
Chinese
Incas
2
The 1st law of planetary motion states that the orbits of the planets are ___________________.
stretched
not continuous
ellipses
undefined
3
Kepler came up with the laws of planetary __________________.
motion
revolution
eliptical
rotation
4
Ptolemy believed that small ________ were carried along by big __________.
circles
revolutions
ellipsis
black holes
5
Which astronomer convince people the heliocentric model was correct?
Galileo
Copernicus
Brahe
Newton
6
The first astronomer to use a telescope was _______________.
Kepler
Galileo
Brahe
Copernicus
7
A Greek astronomer who believed in the geocentric model was ______________________
Galileo
Newton
Kepler
Ptolemy
8
The model that states the arrangement of how planets move around the sun is called the _______.
telescopic model
heliocentric model
geocentric model
rotation model
9
Galileo also discovered ___________, ________________, _________________
martians
plants are not stars
craters on the moon
sun spots
10
The astronomer ________ developed the idea that planets moved around the sun.
Copernicus
Braun
da Vinci
Galileo
11
Danish astronomer who said the sun & moon revolve around the earth & planets around the sun.
Kepler
Galileo
Ptolemy
Brahe
12
After years of calculation _______________ found the orbit of each planet is an ellipse.
Kepler
Davidson
Brahe
Copernicus
13
Who was Brahe's assistant?
Kepler
Galileo
Copernicus
Fasci
14
In the geocentric model, _____________________ is at the center of revolving planets and stars
Ms. Fasci
The Moon
the Sun
The Earth