What types of things do astronomers study?
Renaissance Astronomy Quiz

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7th Grade
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Brent Trueblood
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Animals and plants
History and philosophy
Books and literature
Paintings and sculptures
Planets and stars
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What did people think was the center of the universe for nearly 2000 years?
The Sun
The Moon
The Earth
The North Star
The planet Jupiter
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 10 pts
What did Galileo do that got him in trouble with the Catholic Church?
He invented a telescope that could see the stars
He argued that the planets, including the Earth, orbited around the sun
He said that there were moons orbiting the planet Jupiter
He disagreed with Copernicus
He presented a theory on where the light from the Moon came from
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 10 pts
True or false: When Copernicus explained that all the planets orbited the Sun, pretty much everyone believed him.
TRUE
FALSE
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 10 pts
What did Galileo claim was the source of the light of the Moon?
It was from an energy source at the middle of the Moon
It was from still hot meteors that had crashed into the Moon
It was from glowing lichen that grows on the Moon
It was sunlight that was reflected off the surface of the Moon
It was fires lit by little green men
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 10 pts
What astronomer showed that the planets did not need to orbit the sun in a perfect circle?
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
Galileo
Copernicus
Aristotle
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 10 pts
What tool did Galileo greatly improve so it could be used to observe the planets?
The microscope
The telegraph
The telescope
The bifocal
The pendulum
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