Solar System
Famous Astronomers
Famous Astronomers PT. 2
True or False
Random
100

What is the current model of the solar system that we use today?

Heliocentric Model

100

This astronomer created a Geocentric Model of the solar system.

Ptolemy

100

This astronomer created the 3 laws of motion and the law of gravity.

Isaac Newton

100

TRUE OR FALSE: The Heliocentric was the first model created by astronomers. 

False.

100

Johannes Kepler is known for his 3 laws of ________________ ______________.

Planetary Motion

200

How many planets are there in our solar system?

8 planets

200

This astronomer created a Heliocentric Model of the solar system.

Nicholaus Copernicus

200

This astronomer found precise measurements and data that sparked the Scientific Revolution.

Tycho Brahe

200

TRUE OR FALSE: Johannes Kepler discovered the moons of Jupiter.

False


Galileo did

200

Explain the difference between a heliocentric and geocentric model? NEED TO EXPLAIN

Heliocentric is a sun-centered solar system.


Geocentric is an earth-centered solar system.

300

In the solar system, Earth is ______ closests to the sun

3rd or Third

300

This astronomer used Tycho Brahe's data to create the Laws of Planetary Motion and correctly order the planets in the solar system.

Johannes Kepler

300

This astronomer discovered the universe is expanding and there are multiple galaxies in outer space.

Edwin Hubble

300

TRUE OR FALSE: Galileo Galilei was the first person to use a telescope to observe the night sky.

True

300

Rank the following from smallest to largest: Solar system, Universe, galaxy, Earth 

Earth, Solar system, Galaxy and Universe

400

What is the name of our galaxy?

Milky Way Galaxy

400

This astronomer supported the Heliocentric theory and Copernicus' findings using a telescope.

Galileo Galilei

400

This research tool was known as one of the most impactful inventions in recent memory. This tool allows us to research our galaxy and beyond.

Hubble Space Telescope

400

TRUE OR FALSE: Newton discovered the 3 laws of planetary motion. 

False, he discovered the 3 laws of motion and the laws of gravity. 


Kepler discovered the 3 laws of planetary motion. 

400

CORRECTLY ORDER THE FOLLOWING ASTRONOMERS (earliest to latest astronomers):

- Kepler

-Ptolemy

-Galileo

-Copernicus

- Brahe

Ptolemy

Copernicus

Brahe

Kepler

Galileo

500

Correctly order the planets (closests to the sun to the furthest from the sun)

Mercury->Venus->Earth->Mars->Jupiter->Saturn->Uranus->Neptune

500

This astronomer discovered that gravity and inertia keep the planets in their orbits and moving 

Sir Isaac Newton 

500

This astronomer discovered the moons of Saturn, and proposed the Milky Way Galaxy is a disc shape.

William Herschel

500

TRUE OR FALSE: Carl Sagan proposed a disc shape of the Milky Way galaxy.

False, William Herschel did

500

The sculpture that was used by Egyptians and Babylonians to tell the time and seasons based on the positioning of the Earth is known as the ___________________>

Stonehenge

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