Historical Models of the Solar System

Question 1

Which of the following observations by Galileo supports the heliocentric model?

Accepted Answer

seeing the phases of Venus, moons orbiting Jupiter

Question 2

Replaced circle with ellipses in a heliocentric model of the universe

Accepted Answer

Kepler

Question 3

An apparent shift in the position of an of an object when viewed from different spots is _____

Accepted Answer

parallax

Question 4

Identified the phases of Venus

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 5

Until Copernicus, most scientists thought the _____ model of the solar system was correct.

Accepted Answer

geocentric

Question 6

His heliocentric model was the 1st step in the development of our modern solar system

Accepted Answer

Copernicus

Question 7

The ______ is the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it.

Accepted Answer

solar system

Question 8

Why did Aristotle think that the Earth was the center of the solar system?

Accepted Answer

he didn't know about parallax, he saw that the stars didn't change their positions

Question 9

Tried to measure the relative distances of Earth, Moon and Sun

Accepted Answer

Aristarchus

Question 10

His geocentric model was accepted for 1400 years

Accepted Answer

Ptolemy

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