According to Kepler's laws of planetary motion, how do planets move in the Solar System?

elliptical orbits around the sun

How did Aristotle explain the way that objects in the universe move?

in circles on one giant sphere with Earth at the center

What was Ptolomy's model of the universe?

Shows that celestial objects have circular paths.

Which statement is not part of Copernicus's theory of the Solar System?

Planets orbit the sun in elliptical orbits.

What did Galileo's observations of Jupiter show?

Planets other than Earth has bodies moving around them.

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Historical Models of the Solar System

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Early astronomers did not see parallax. How did Aristotle explain the parallax problem?
Parallax is undetectable to the eye.
Viewers need to move to see parallax.
The Earth is not moving.
The stars are very far away.
2
What did Galileo conclude from his observations of Venus?
It has moons and the moons have phases.
It is farther from the sun than Earth is.
Venus is always lit.
Venus travels around the sun.
3
Who developed the geocentric model to support Aristotle's theory of the universe?
Ptolomy
Galileo
Aristarchus
Copernicus
4
According to Kepler's laws of planetary motion, how do planets move in the Solar System?
elliptical orbits around the sun
circular orbits around the sun
elliptical orbits around Earth
circular orbits around Earth
5
How did Aristotle explain the way that objects in the universe move?
in circles on one giant sphere with Earth at the center
in circles on sm spheres inside lg spheres w/ E. at center
in elliptical orbits on one giant sphere with sun at center
in elliptical orbits in spheres with Earth at the center
6
What was Aristotle's view of the Solar System?
sphere-o-centric
none of the above
geocentric
heliocentric
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What was Ptolomy's model of the universe?
Heliocentric
It was based on parallax.
Shows the celestial objects have elliptical paths.
Shows that celestial objects have circular paths.
8
What is Aristarchus's view of the solar system?
None of the above
geocentric
heliocentric
sphere-o-centric
9
Which thoery has the sun at the center of the solar system?
geocentric theory
Ptolomy's theory
Aristotle's theory
heliocentric theory
10
Which statement is not part of Copernicus's theory of the Solar System?
Planets orbit the sun in elliptical orbits.
Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night.
Earth revolves around the sun, causing seasons.
The sun remains stationary.
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What did Galileo's observations of Jupiter show?
All celestial bodies orbited Earth.
Planets other than Earth has bodies moving around them.
All celestial bodies orbited the sun.
Planets has elliptical orbits.

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