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What is the relative position of the moon, earth and sun during a solar eclipse?
a) The moon is directly between the Earth and sun.
b) The Earth is directly between the moon and sun.
c) The sun is directly between the Earth and moon.
d)
Why does the moon have phases?
a) Because of changes in the relative position between the moon, Earth and sun.
b) Because it is tilted as it goes around the Earth.
c) Because of Earth's rotation.
d) Because of changes in the amount of light from the sun hitting the moon and Earth.
Copernicus discovered that Earth goes around the sun.
a) Newton discovered that planets move in an ellipse.
b) Copernicus discovered that the sun goes around Earth.
c) Copernicus discovered that Earth goes around the sun.
d) Copernicus used a telescope\ after Galileo.
Copernicus developed the heliocentric model.
a) Copernicus developed the heliocentric model.
b) Newton discovered that planets move in an ellipse.
c) Copernicus discovered that the sun goes around Earth.
d)
a
a) A
b) B
c) A and B
d) Neither
What contribution did Isaac Newton make to science?
a) He said that inertia and gravity keep the planets in orbit.
b) He developed the heliocentric model.
c) He used the first telescope.
d)
Who used a telescope to make discoveries that helped to prove the heliocentric model?
a) Galileo
b) Copernicus
c) Newton
d) Kepler
Who found that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse?
a) Kepler
b) Copernicus
c) Newton
d) Galileo
In a ___________ system, Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
a) heliocentric
b) metric
c) lunar
d) heliogibbous
Who developed the heliocentric model?
a) Copernicus
b) Newton
c) Kepler
d) Galileo
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