Geocentric vs Heliocentric models

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Who were the people that popularized the geocentric model?

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Aristotle and Ptolemy

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What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?

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the object at the center of the universe

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What does "geo-" mean?

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Earth

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What does the word "Helio" mean?

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Sun

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Why is Kepler remembered?

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He showed that all planets revolved the sun in elliptical orbits.

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Galileo Galilei proposed a model that the Earth orbited the Sun and that all the planets moved in circles around it.

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FALSE

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Orbit = fly or move around in circles

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TRUE

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The first person to observe the planets through a telescope was:

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Galileo Galilei

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According to Copernicus, Earth was the centre of the universe

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FALSE

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The Sun is considered to be the center of the solar system:

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Heliocentric model