Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The model of the solar system that says the Earth is in the center.
a. | geocentric | c. | Galilean | b. | heliocentric | d. | Big Bang |
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He wrote the first books about astronomy about 2,000 years ago.
a. | Aristotle | c. | Ptolemy | b. | Galileo | d. | Copernicus |
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Galileo believed what was in the center of the solar system?
a. | Venus | c. | Jupiter | b. | the Earth | d. | the Sun |
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The model that says the Sun is the center of the Solar System is...
a. | the geocentric model | c. | based upon Ptolemy’s idea | b. | the heliocentric
model | d. | what Aristotle
believed |
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Which astronomer wrote a book about the heliocentric model but was afraid to
publish it?
a. | Galileo | c. | Copernicus | b. | Ptolemy | d. | Kepler |
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Who used his telescope to help prove that the Sun was in the center of the Solar
System?
a. | Ptolemy | c. | Copernicus | b. | Galileo | d. | Aristotle |
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What contains over 99% of the mass found in the Solar System?
a. | the planets | c. | Earth and the Moon | b. | Jupiter | d. | the Sun |
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About how old do scientists think the Earth is?
a. | 65 million years | c. | between 4 and 5 billion years | b. | 13 billion
years | d. | they have no
idea |
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Who discovered that the orbits of the planets were not round, but were
elliptical?
a. | Ptolemy | c. | Copernicus | b. | Aristarchus | d. | Kepler |
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What did Kepler discover about the speeds of the planets?
a. | they travel at the same speed | c. | the inner planets travel faster
than the outer planets | b. | the outer planets move faster than the inner
planets | d. | the planets move
faster during the winter months |
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