Solar System Quiz 1 Practice

What theory does the illustration describe?

• Geocentric Theory
• Big Bang Theory
• Heliocentric Theory
• Continental Drift Theory

Which theory does the illustration describe?

• Geocentric Theory
• Big Bang Theory
• Heliocentric Theory
• Continental Drift Theory

What did the Geocentric Theory state?

• A. Earth revolves around the Moon.
• B. The sun is at the center of the solar system.
• C. The universe began with a great explosion.
• D. The Earth is at the center of the solar system.

In the Geocentric Model, which MOTION would occur?

• A. The sun would revolve around the Earth.
• B. The moon would revolve around the sun.
• C. The Earth would rotate on its axis.
• D. The Earth is at the center of the solar system.

__________ orbits the Earth in BOTH the Geocentric and Heliocentric Models.

• A. the moon
• B. Venus
• C. the sun
• D. Mars

Who published the first astronomical observations made with a perfected telescope he built in his laboratory?

• A. Hipparchus
• B. Copernicus
• C. Kepler
• D. Galileo

Astronomy is scientific study of

• A. all objects and matter.
• B. all objects and matter beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.
• C. all of the planets and stars.
• D. the entire night sky.

Which culture is considered the first scientific astronomers who believed the solar system consisted of the sun, moon, six planets and fixed stars.

• A. the Germans
• B. the Greeks
• C. the Danish
• D. the Italians

Which astronomer is credited with calculating the length of a year to within six minutes, predicting the equinoxes, and eclipses?

• A. Kepler
• B. Hipparchus
• C. Ptolemy
• D. Galileo

Which Polish astronomer publicly stated that the sun, NOT the Earth, was the center of the solar system?

• A. Galileo
• B. Copernicus
• C. Ptolemy
• D. Kepler