Astronomy Midterm Review 2020

Ancient Greeks believed the earth to be the center of the universe. What do we call this model?

• Geocentric Universe

• Heliocentric Universe

• Copernican Model

• None of the Above

Galileo is best known for:

• Using the telescope to make observations in the sky

• Observing that Jupiter had moons

• Observing that Venus had phases like the moon

• All of the above

Ancient astronomers used 'epicycles' to explain,

• Planetary transit

• Moon’s Phases

• Retrograde Motion

• Phases of Venus

In the model proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus', which object was at the center of the universe?

• Sun

• Earth

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Moon

Which of these statements is correct about Galileo Galilei?

• He invented the telescope

• Believed the sun was the center of the universe

• First astronomer to observe moons around Jupiter

• He invented the sundial

Tycho Brahe's biggest contribution to astronomy was,

• His telescopic observations

• Accurate observations of stars and planets

• Heliocentric universe

• Geocentric Universe

Astronomer Johannes Kepler,

• Published ‘Almagest’

• Suggested elliptical orbits for planets

• Invented the first radio telescope

• Discovered Pluto

Who was the first to suggest a Geocentric model of the Universe?

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

Which of these evidences supported a Copernican model of the solar system?

• Solar eclipses

• Jupiter had moons going around it

• Retrograde Motion

• Moon phases

Correct pairing of astronomer/mathematician and their contribution?

• Pythagoras - Earth’s circumference

• Johannes Kepler - Craters of Moon

• Nicolaus Copernicus - Heliocentric universe

• Ptolemy- Phases of Venus