Revolutionary Astronomers Quiz

What did Thales of Miletus correctly predict?

• A solar eclipse

• The size of the Earth

• The motion of Halley's Comet

• The composition of stars

What did the Babylonians devise?

• The zodiac system

• The astrolabe

• The geocentric model

• The heliocentric model

What did the Mayans create?

• The first space station

• The first star catalog

• The first telescope

• The first almanacs

What did Plato believe about the motion of celestial objects?

• They orbit Earth in perfect circles

• They orbit the Sun in elliptical orbits

• They have random and unpredictable motion

• They are stationary and do not move

Who suggested the heliocentric model?

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Eratosthenes of Greece

• Thales of Miletus

What did Eratosthenes calculate?

• The positions of the planets

• The composition of stars

• The motion of Halley's Comet

• The size of the Earth

What did Tycho Brahe observe?

• The elliptical orbits of planets

• The orbit of Jupiter's moons

• The dark spots on the Sun

• The motion of Halley's Comet

What did Galileo discover with his telescope?

• The orbit of Jupiter's moons

• The composition of stars

• The motion of Halley's Comet

• The size of the Earth

What did the Catholic Church accuse Galileo of?

• Witchcraft

• Treason

• Blasphemy

• Heresy

Who published the 3 laws of motion and the theory of gravity?

• Isaac Newton

• Thales of Miletus

• Eratosthenes of Greece

• Nicolaus Copernicus