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History Of Astronomy
Test Description: Discoveries of early and modern astronomers. Heliocentric and Geocentric models
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who first determined the size of the Earth?
A
Aristotle
B
Copernicus
C
Eratosthenes
D
Galileo
2) Who first proposed the Earth is a sphere because of the curved shadow on the Moon?
A
Brahe
B
Kepler
C
Aristotle
D
Eratosthenes
3) Who determined the planets move at different speeds in elliptical orbits?
A
Brahe
B
Kepler
C
Galileo
D
Copernicus
4) Who built an observatory and made more precise observations than any previously?
A
Kepler
B
Brahe
C
Galileo
D
Hubble
5) Who determined that Earth is just a planet that rotates and revolves around the Sun?
A
Kepler
B
Galileo
C
Aristotle
D
Copernicus
6) Who supported the Heliocentric Model of the universe and discovered the four large moons of Jupiter?
A
Copernicus
B
Galileo
C
Kepler
D
Eratosthenes
7) Who discovered CMB?
A
Penzias and Wilson
B
Tycho Brahe
C
Albert Einstein
D
Edwin Hubble
8) Who determined that the farther away a galaxy is the faster it is moving away?
A
Edwin Hubble
B
Albert Einstein
C
Penzias and Wilson
D
Isaac Newton
9) What is the idea that the Earth is motionless at the center of the universe with everything revolving around it?
A
Geocentric Model
B
Terracentric Model
C
Heliocentric Model
D
Ancient Greek Model
10) What is the idea that the Sun is the center of the solar system and all the planets, including Earth, revolve around it?
A
Terracentric Model
B
Geocentric Model
C
Heliocentric Model
D
Solarcentric Model
11) Who developed the formula E=mc2
A
Albert Einstein
B
Penzias and Wilson
C
Edwin Hubble
D
Isaac Newton
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