Part I. Review Test on the Origin of the Solar System

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What is a model?

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A representation used to explain phenomena

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Why do scientists use models?

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To explain phenomena like the origin of the solar system

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Who proposed the geocentric model?

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Claudius Ptolemy

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In the geocentric model, what is at the center of the universe?

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Earth

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What did Copernicus propose in the heliocentric model?

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The Sun is the center

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What major idea did the heliocentric model oppose?

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Geocentric model

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Which revolution is associated with the heliocentric model?

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Copernican Revolution

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The Nebular Hypothesis states that the solar system started from:

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A nebula (cloud of gas)

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Which force helped the particles in the nebula clump together?

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Gravitational attraction

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Who first proposed the Nebular Hypothesis?

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Kant and Laplace