1. How is the geocentric model of the solar system different from the heliocentric model of the solar system? a. The heliocentric model was first proposed by Aristotle. b. The heliocentric model has the planets of the solar system orbiting the sun. c. The geocentric model has Earth on the outside of the solar system. d. Ptolemy first hypothesized the geocentric model of the solar system. e. The heliocentric model has the sun at the center of the entire universe.   2. Which two cosmologists hypothesized why the planets sometimes appear to move backward in the sky? a. Aristotle and Copernicus b. Copernicus and Ptolemy c. Ptolemy and Hawking d. Hawking and Kepler   3. How did Eratosthenes of Cyrene calculate the tilt and circumference of Earth? Select all that apply. a. geometry b. the position of the moon c. distance between locations on Earth d. the angle of the sun's rays e. the size of the continents f. the size of the oceans

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1. How is the geocentric model of the solar system different from the heliocentric model of the solar system?

a. The heliocentric model was first proposed by Aristotle.

b. The heliocentric model has the planets of the solar system orbiting the sun.

c. The geocentric model has Earth on the outside of the solar system.

d. Ptolemy first hypothesized the geocentric model of the solar system.

e. The heliocentric model has the sun at the center of the entire universe.

 

2. Which two cosmologists hypothesized why the planets sometimes appear to move backward in the sky?

a. Aristotle and Copernicus

b. Copernicus and Ptolemy

c. Ptolemy and Hawking

d. Hawking and Kepler

 

3. How did Eratosthenes of Cyrene calculate the tilt and circumference of Earth? Select all that apply.

a. geometry

b. the position of the moon

c. distance between locations on Earth

d. the angle of the sun's rays

e. the size of the continents

f. the size of the oceans

 

4. Which scientist first proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?

a. Aristotle

b. Ptolemy

c. Einstein

d. Aristarchus

 

5. Which scientist was the first woman to discover a comet and calculate its path?

a. Caroline Herschel

b. Henrietta Swan Leavitt

c. Annie Jump Cannon

d. Jocelyn Bell Burnell

 

6. Galileo constructed an improved telescope, allowing him to discover which planet's moons?

a. Venus

b. Mars

c. Jupiter

d. Uranus

 

7. Which scientist used data and observations from Tycho Brahe to propose his principals regarding the orbits of the planets?

a. Aristotle

b. Copernicus

c. Kepler

d. Sagan

 

8. Which scientists are credited with making astronomy and cosmology relatable to the public? Select all that apply.

a. Michio Kaku

b. Frank Drake

c. Carl Sagan

d. Stephen Hawking

e. Johannes Kepler

f. Neil deGrasse Tyson

g. Jocelyn Bell Burnell

 

9. Which scientist is credited with developing a system for star classification?

a. Carl Sagan

b. Edwin Hubble

c. Anne Jump Cannon

d. Henrietta Swan Leavitt

 

10. Which of the following scientists have contributions relating to intelligent alien life-forms?

a. Cannon and Hubble

b. Drake and Sagan

c. Hawking and Copernicus

d. Kaku and Kepler

 

 

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