The Big Bang and Models of the Solar System

What is the term for Earth being in the center?

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• sun centered
• Galileo

The ancient Greek who proposed the geocentric model of the universe is

• Aristotle

• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Kepler

Which scientist found that planetary orbits were elliptical?

• Galileo
• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Kepler

Who first developed the heliocentric model of the solar system?

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

• Heliocentric
• Geocentric

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the universe and all the planets and stars revolve around it. This model is no longer supported.

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

The Word "Helio" Refers To?

• Earth
• Mars
• Sun
• Juputer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Word "Geo" Means?

• Sun
• Earth
• Milky way
• Back

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

How big was the universe before the Big Bang?

• Really small - like a tennis ball

• A single point of dust called the singularity

• A hot state as large as the sun

• A cold state as large as the moon

What is Cosmic Background radiation?

• Evidence of a large explosion in the universe leaving radiation behind
• It is the life force that supports the universe
• Evidence of blackholes actually existing
• Evidence of that the universe is heating

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2