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Models of the Solar System Review
Models of the Solar System Review
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1
Which model puts the sun in the center?
geocentric model
Milky Way model
There is not a model like this
heliocentric model
2
Issac Newton was able to prove that
gravity
and
inertia
work together to keep the
planets and moons
in motion around
SUN
False
True
3
Aristotle used a telescope to observe the stars and planets.
True
False
4
What does the prefix
geo
mean?
sun
earth
center
stars
5
Copernicus was a mathematician
False
True
6
Which two astronomers believed in the heliocentric model?
Copernicus and Galileo
Aristotle and Ptolomy
Galileo and Ptolomy
Aristotle and Copernicus
7
Who was the first astronomer to see craters on the moon and rings of Saturn?
Galileo
Brahe
Aristotle
Ptolomy
8
What does the prefix
helio
mean?
sun
earth
moon
center
9
Hans Lippershey began working on the refracting telescope in 1608.
False
True
10
Copernicus was of what origin?
He was Polish
He was Irish
He was English
He was Spanish
11
What is the pull of one object on another?
pulley force
inertia
magnetism
gravity
12
Which two astronomers believed in the geocentric model?
Aristotle and Copernicus
Aristotle and Ptolomy
Copernicus and Galileo
Galileo and Ptolomy
