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Astronomy Chpt. 22.1 Review A
Test Description: Early Astronomy - Earth Science
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who determined that Earth is round because it cast a shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse?
A
Aristotle
B
Erastosthenes
C
Plato
D
Galileo
2) The first person to actually calculate the circumference of the Earth was
A
Newton
B
Erastosthenes
C
Galileo
D
Aristotle
3) The ancient Greek model of the universe in which the Earth and other planets orbit the sun is best described as the
A
Ptolemaic System
B
Heliocentric Model
C
Galilean System
D
Geocentric Model
4) The Greek model of the universe in which the moon, sun and known planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter) orbit Earth is the
A
Ptolemaic System
B
Heliocentric Model
C
Galilean System
D
Geocentric Model
5) Over a period of time, viewing Mars from Earth, Mars appears to move eastward among the stars. Then, periodically it appears to stop and reverse direction. This apparent motion is called
A
geocentric motion.
B
retrograde motion.
C
a wandering planet.
D
gravitational attraction.
6) Which model had the planets moving in circular orbits around a motionless Earth?
A
the Heliocentric Model
B
the Galilean System
C
the Ptolemaic System
D
the Geocentric Model
7) Nicholas Copernicus proposed a model of the solar system with
A
the Mars at the center.
B
the moon at the center.
C
the sun at the center.
D
the Earth at the center.
8) One of the three laws of planetary motion that Johannes Kepler discovered is best described as
A
the orbits of the planets are elliptical.
B
the inner plantes revolve around the sun at a slower speed than the outer planets
C
planets revolve around the sun at the same speed.
D
there is no relationship between a planet's orbital period and its distance to the sun
9) Who discovered (1)4 moons orbiting Jupiter (2)Venus has phases like our moon (3)sun has sunspots
A
Johannes Kepler
B
Sir Isaac Newton
C
Tycho Brahe
D
Galileo Galilei
10) Who formulated and tested the law of universal gravitation which states (1)gravitational force decreases with distance (2)greater the mass of an object, greater its gravitational force
A
Sir Isaac Newton
B
Tycho Brahe
C
Aristotle
D
Galileo
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