Models of the Universe
What does geocentric mean?
Earth is at the center of the universe.
Who taught that earth was the center of the universe in 350 B.C?
Aristotle & Ptolemy
The geocentric model says Earth is in the center
True
The _____ model has earth in the center.
Geocentric.
Which astronomer believed Earth was the center and created a detailed model with circles?
Ptolemy
What does Heliocentric mean?
The Sun is at the center of the universe.
Who improved Aristotle's model using math and circles?
Aristotle
Copernicus supported the geocentric model.
False
The____ model has the Sun in the center.
Heliocentric.
Who wrote a book called On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres explaining the heliocentric model?
Copernicus
The geocentric model
Who proposed the heliocentric model in 1543?
Copernicus
Galileo was arrested for supporting heliocentrism.
True
____ Invented the telescope and supported heliocentrism.
Galileo.
Which planet did Galileo see with his invention?
Jupiter
Which model do we accept as correct?
The heliocentric model.
Who supported heliocentrism and was arrested for it?
Galileo
The heliocentric model means Earth is the center of the universe.
False
The astronomer___ first proposed the geocentric model.
Copernicus
What evidence did Galileo see through his telescope that proved not everything orbits Earth?
He saw four moons orbiting Jupiter.
Why was the heliocentric so controversial at first?
It went against the church teachings or beliefs.
Which two astronomers supported the heliocentric model and discovered new information about it?
Kepler and Newton
Kepler discovered the geocentric model
False.
Planets orbit the Sun in____ (Kepler and Newton discovered this)
Ellipses.
Why was the heliocentric model eventually accepted as the correct one, even though people resisted it at first?
Scientific evidence and better observations (like Galileo’s telescope and Kepler’s math) proved it true.