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What is our current idea Model of the Solar System?
a) We believe more in the Heliocentric Model than the Geocentric.
b) We believe more in the Geocentric Model than in the Heliocentric Model.
c) We believe in a Geography Model more than a helicopter model.
d) We are not sure what the Solar system looks like because the Sun is too bright and we can't see.
What was Tycho Brahe's claim to astronomy fame?
a) He took very careful measurements and kept excellent records.
b) He's got a great star sounding name.
c) He was the first man to step on the moon.
d) His mother baked an out of this world chocolate cake.
Isaac Newton is best known for this (per our discussions and studies)
a) Gravity
b) He walked on the moon.
c) He sang Moon River
d) He invented the telescope
Galileo Galilei was the first to do this.
a) He walked on the moon.
b) He moon walked in a dance competition
c) He used the telescope to see moons of Jupiter
d) He gave his wife a moon stone.
What did Copernicus use to make his decision that the Heliocentric Model was better than the Geocentric Model
a) Space Shuttle
b) Careful observations with little technology
c) Telescope
d) Calculator
The Heliocentric Model shows this celestial body as the center of the solar system.
a) Earth
b) Sun
c) Jupiter
d) Moon
What model of the solar system did Aristotle and Ptolemy give evidence for ?
a) Heliocentric Model
b) Legos Model
c) Geocentric Model
d) Terra Nova Model
How long did the science community accept the Geocentric Model ?
a) less than 50 years
b) 120 1/2 years
c) 1200 years
d) Over 1500 years
This scientist was known for introducing the Heliocentric Theory. His idea was radical!
a) Aristotle
b) Ptolemy
c) Copernicus
d) Socrates
The Geocentric Model shows this celestial body as the center of the solar system.
a) Earth
b) Sun
c) Jupiter
d) Moon
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