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What is the idea that the Earth is motionless at the center of the universe with everything revolving around it?
a) Ancient Greek Model
b) Heliocentric Model
c) Terracentric Model
d) Geocentric Model

Who determined that the farther away a galaxy is the faster it is moving away?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Penzias and Wilson
c) Edwin Hubble
d) Isaac Newton

Who discovered CMB?
a) Penzias and Wilson
b) Albert Einstein
c) Tycho Brahe
d) Edwin Hubble

Who supported the Heliocentric Model of the universe and discovered the four large moons of Jupiter?
a) Eratosthenes
b) Kepler
c) Copernicus
d) Galileo

Who determined that Earth is just a planet that rotates and revolves around the Sun?
a) Galileo
b) Copernicus
c) Aristotle
d) Kepler

Who built an observatory and made more precise observations than any previously?
a) Hubble
b) Kepler
c) Brahe
d) Galileo

Who determined the planets move at different speeds in elliptical orbits?
a) Copernicus
b) Galileo
c) Brahe
d) Kepler

Who first determined the size of the Earth?
a) Aristotle
b) Eratosthenes
c) Galileo
d) Copernicus

Who first proposed the Earth is a sphere because of the curved shadow on the Moon?
a) Aristotle
b) Eratosthenes
c) Kepler
d) Brahe

What is the idea that the Sun is the center of the solar system and all the planets, including Earth, revolve around it?
a) Solarcentric Model
b) Terracentric Model
c) Heliocentric Model
d) Geocentric Model

Who developed the formula E=mc2
a) Albert Einstein
b) Penzias and Wilson
c) Edwin Hubble
d) Isaac Newton

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