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1
Who conducted an experiment involving an apple that helped discover his theories?
Newton
Einstein
Copernicus
Brahe
2
Which philosopher collarborated with Sir Isaac Newton?
Aristotle
Copernicus
Hooke
<p>Keplar</p>
3
<p>Which of these is not one of Keplar's laws? </p>
The law of orbits
The law of periods
The law of degrees
<p>The law of areas</p>
4
What theory determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers
Theory of Orbits
Special Relativity
Orbital Mechanics
Theory of Periods
5
Whose observations on planetary motion significantly helped Kepler create his theories?
Newton
Einstein
Brahe
Copernicus
6
Who created the laws of motion?
Copernicus
Newton
Kepler
Einstein
7
Whose ideas remained mostly unseen for 100 years after his death due to his fear of ridicule?
Copernicus
Einstein
Aristotle
Brahe
8
Who created the three laws of planetary motion?
Hooke
Keplar
Copernicus
Newton
9
Hooke's law is exemplified by which of the following?
A spring under tension
An apple dropped from a tree
A pot of boiling water
A swing
10
Which theorist propsed that a planet's motion is determined by compounding velocities?
Brahe
Aristotle
Newton
Hooke
11
Which scientist heavily relied on comets for orbital information?
Aristotle
Brahe
Hooke
Copernicus
12
Which scientist had orbital measurements accurate to half an arcminute?
Einstein
Copernicus
Hooke
Brahe
13
Which philosopher believed that earth was surrounded by 10 concentric circles?
Keplar
Hooke
Brahe
Aristotle
14
Which theorist worked for Tycho Brahe for a short period of time?
Einstein
Kepler
Newton
Copernicus
15
What is the formula for the theory of relativity?
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
PV = nRT
D = m/v
E = MC^2
16
Which scientist helped in the creation of the atomic bomb?
Newton
Einstein
Aristotle
Hooke
17
Whose laws of motion are used to find the motion of rockets and other spacecraft?
Einstein
Newton
Keplar
Copernicus
18
Who used the brightness of planets to prove his orbital theory?
Aristotle
Brahe
Keplar
Copernicus
19
The belief that the Sun orbited between Venus and Mars belonged to whom?
Aristotle
Newton
Copernicusq
Hooke
20
What scientist has a unit of measurement named after him?
Hooke
Einstein
Newton
Brahe
21
Whose ideas had been proposed as early as about 200 B.C. by Aristarchus of Samos?
Aristotle
Brahe
Einstein
Copernicus
22
Who published a book about orbitals called
Epitome Astronomiae
?
Brahe
Copernicus
Einstein
Kepler
23
Which historical figure believed that the sun and the planets revolved around the earth?
Aristotle
Brahe
Hooke
Copernicus
24
Which historical figure first thought that all planets revolved around the sun?
Hooke
Copernicus
Aristotle
Einstein
25
Who was the first to theorize about orbital mechanics?
Brahe
Copernicus
Keplar
Aristotle
26
Which scientist created the theory of relativity?
Aristotle
Einstein
Hooke
Copernicus
27
Who found the distance to the star, Gamma Draconis, from Earth?
Hooke
Brahe
Copernicus
Kepler
28
Who is considered to have the most accurate observations before the invention of the telescope?
Einstein
Aristotle
Copernicus
Brahe