Early Astronomers

What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?

• Sun
• Comet 
• Jupiter
• Earth

What model does this represent?

• Geocentric 
• Heliocentric 

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

  What does "geo-" mean?

• Earth
• sun
• Center

This image shows the:

• Geocentric Solar System
• Heliocentric Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Galileo used ______ to develop the heliocentric theory.

• predictions
• the scientific method
• theories
• guesses

What does "helios" mean?

• Earth
• center of
• sun
• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This person believed that planets move on small circles that move on larger circles

• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Galileo
• Aristotle

This person discovered moons on Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory 

• Aristotle
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

This person was the first to use a telescope to make observations in the sky -

• Aristotle
• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Galileo

This person developed the heliocentric theory and was considered the founder of modern astronomy.

• Aristotle
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo

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