Ancient Astronomy SP25

Question 1

What did Eratosthenes discover?

Accepted Answer

Circumference of Earth.

Question 2

Which astronomer first proposed the geocentric model of the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 3

Which TWO planets were NOT discovered during Copernicus' time?

Accepted Answer

Uranus & Neptune

Question 4

Who was the first person to propose a Heliocentric Theory?

Accepted Answer

Aristarchus

Question 5

Which of the following observations by Galileo proved that not everything has to revolve around the Earth?

Accepted Answer

the moons of Jupiter

Question 6

Which astronomer first used a telescope to look at the heavens?

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 7

According to Kepler's 1st Law, what is the shape of a planet's orbit?

Accepted Answer

Ellipse

Question 8

T/F: Galileo invented the telescope.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 9

In space, light travels at a speed of _____________ km per second.

Accepted Answer

300,000

Question 10

Which choice below is NOT something Galileo saw through his telescope?

Accepted Answer

Halley's Comet

Question 11

Why did Copernicus NOT publish his book until he was nearly dead?

Accepted Answer

He was afraid of the Church

Question 12

Which scientist was forces to renounce his astronomical theories and was then placed on house arrest?

Accepted Answer

Galileo Galilei

Question 13

Which of the following distances is the SMALLEST?

Accepted Answer

kilometer

Question 14

Who put the planets on Epicycles to account for retrograde movement?

Accepted Answer

Ptolemy

Question 15

Which term describes planets appearing to move backward?

Accepted Answer

Retrograde motion

Question 16

What did Galileo discover about Venus that was the same as the moon?

Accepted Answer

phases

Question 17

Trivia: What is NOT true about Tycho Brahe.

Accepted Answer

When he died, his moustache reached to his toes

Question 18

How long would it take light to travel from Earth to a star 3 light-years away and then back to the Earth?

Accepted Answer

6 years

Question 19

Who got tortured and burned alive for his belief in the Heliocentric Theory?

Accepted Answer

Bruno

Question 20

Which Astronomer did NOT believe in the Heliocentric Theory?

Accepted Answer

Ptolemy

Question 21

Which ancient astronomer was the first to propose that the Earth was a sphere?

Accepted Answer

Pythagoras

Question 22

What did Ptolemy's model have in common with Copernicus' Model?

Accepted Answer

Both insisted the orbital paths were circles.

Question 23

Which of the following distances is the LARGEST?

Accepted Answer

parsec

Question 24

Which idea states that the Sun is located in the center of the universe?

Accepted Answer

Heliocentric model

Question 25

According to Kepler's 2nd Law, when does a planet move the fastest?

Accepted Answer

when it is closest to the sun

Question 26

Which scientist was an assistant to Tycho Brahe and continued his work?

Accepted Answer

Johannes Kepler

Question 27

What was Copernicus' main contribution to astronomy?

Accepted Answer

3 Laws of Planetary Motion

Question 28

Which ancient astronomer was the first to discover precession of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Hipparchus

Question 29

Who combined the Geocentric and Heliocentric models and had a 'nose' for celestial observation?

Accepted Answer

Tycho Brahe

Question 30

What Greek word means "wandering star"?

Accepted Answer

planet

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Ancient Astronomy SP25

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