Who was famous for discovering why eclipses happened and could predict them?

Ancient Greek Philosophers Quiz

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Physics
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12th Grade
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Hard
Christopher Juancito
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Thales
Pythagoras
Anaximander
Empedocles
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Greek philosopher believed that the universe could be explained with mathematics?
Thales
Empedocles
Anaximander
Pythagoras
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first Greek philosopher to create a cosmological model and believed the earth was cylindrical in shape?
Anaximander
Pythagoras
Thales
Empedocles
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which ancient astronomer was considered the first great astronomer and scientist?
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Ptolemy
Aristarchus
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the most influential astronomer in his day and a great admirer of Hipparchus?
Aristarchus
Eratosthenes
Ptolemy
Hipparchus
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Greek philosopher founded his own school called the Lyceum in Athens?
Eratosthenes
Aristotle
Hipparchus
Ptolemy
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the teacher of the better-known Archimedes and the first to attempt to measure the relative distance between the Earth-Moon and the Earth-Sun?
Aristarchus
Eratosthenes
Ptolemy
Hipparchus
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