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Jason Adriaens (username: adriaens.jason)
Attempt 1
Written: Jan 18, 2022 4:53 PM - Jan 18, 2022 5:03 PM
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Released: Jan 25, 2022 12:01 AM
Question 1
1 / 1 point
Which of the following Greek philosophers was the first person to suggest the heliocentric
model of the Universe?
Question 2
1 / 1 point
The term 'planet' is from a Greek word which meant which of the following?
Question 3
1 / 1 point
Which group below refers to only objects that are defined by the Platonic Solids?
Archimedes
Aristarchus
Anaximander
Bento Bob
Shiny Object
Wanderer
Big Mass
Rocky Thing
Earth and Fire
Sun and Moon
Earth and Stars
Solar System and Galaxy
Question 4
1 / 1 point
Wednesday is named after which planet?
Question 5
0 / 1 point
The reason the ancient Greek philosophers denied Aristarchus's model of the Universe was
because:
Question 6
1 / 1 point
Which of the following is NOT an argument for showing that the Earth must be round:
Question 7
1 / 1 point
This is defined as the model of the Universe that places the Earth at the center with everything
orbiting around it:
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
they did not observe parallax of the stars.
no one cared about what he said.
it went against the gods.
he thought the Earth was at the center of the Universe.
during an eclipse of the Moon, the shadow of the Earth is always seen to be round
the height of the North Star changes as we travel to different latitudes
the Sun is seen blocking different constellations in the course of a year
photographs of the Earth from space always show a round body
when ships travel a large distance away, we see their hulls disappear first and their masts
disappear last
Geocentric
Aristolian
Heliocentric
Question 8
1 / 1 point
When it comes to our place in the solar system today, which model do we accept?
Question 9
0 / 1 point
Which of the following shapes best describes the actual shape of the Earth?
Question 10
1 / 1 point
The reason ships will appear to sink into the horizon the further away from shore they travel is
because:
Attempt Score:
8 / 10 - B-
Overall Grade
(highest attempt)
:
8 / 10 - B-
Pure Earthian
Ptolemaic
self-centered (My sisterian)
geocentric
Aristotelean
heliocentric
Cube
Spherical
Oblate Spheroid
Flat
the Earth is flat.
water bends up and down.
the Earth is curved.
the Earth is a cube.
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