Solar System
What is the current model of the solar system that we use today?
Heliocentric Model
This astronomer created a Geocentric Model of the solar system.
Ptolemy
This astronomer created the 3 laws of motion and the law of gravity.
Isaac Newton
TRUE OR FALSE: The Heliocentric was the first model created by astronomers.
False.
Johannes Kepler is known for his 3 laws of ________________ ______________.
Planetary Motion
How many planets are there in our solar system?
8 planets
This astronomer created a Heliocentric Model of the solar system.
Nicholaus Copernicus
This astronomer found precise measurements and data that sparked the Scientific Revolution.
Tycho Brahe
TRUE OR FALSE: Johannes Kepler discovered the moons of Jupiter.
False
Galileo did
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.
In the solar system, Earth is ______ closests to the sun
3rd or Third
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
This astronomer discovered the universe is expanding and there are multiple galaxies in outer space.
Edwin Hubble
TRUE OR FALSE: Galileo Galilei was the first person to use a telescope to observe the night sky.
True
Rank the following from smallest to largest: Solar system, Universe, galaxy, Earth
Earth, Solar system, Galaxy and Universe
What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky Way Galaxy
This astronomer supported the Heliocentric theory and Copernicus' findings using a telescope.
Galileo Galilei
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
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.
CORRECTLY ORDER THE FOLLOWING ASTRONOMERS (earliest to latest astronomers):
- Kepler
-Ptolemy
-Galileo
-Copernicus
- Brahe
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Correctly order the planets (closests to the sun to the furthest from the sun)
Mercury->Venus->Earth->Mars->Jupiter->Saturn->Uranus->Neptune
This astronomer discovered that gravity and inertia keep the planets in their orbits and moving
Sir Isaac Newton
This astronomer discovered the moons of Saturn, and proposed the Milky Way Galaxy is a disc shape.
William Herschel
TRUE OR FALSE: Carl Sagan proposed a disc shape of the Milky Way galaxy.
False, William Herschel did
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