Early Astronomer and Solar System Review Jeopardy Template

Solar System Models

Astronomers

Solar System

100

What does geocentric mean?

A. Universe centered

B. Earth centered

C. Sun centered

D. Self centered

B. Earth centered

100

Which Astronomer discovered moons around Jupiter?

A. Kepler

B. Newton

C. Galileo

D. Hubble

C. Galileo

100

What planet is closest to the Sun?

A. Mercury

B. Neptune

C. Earth

D. Venus

What planet is closest to the Sun?

A. Mercury

B. Neptune

C. Earth

D. Venus

200

What does heliocentric mean?

A. Universe centered

B. Earth centered

C. Sun centered

D. Self centered

C. Sun centered

200

Which Astronomer developed the law of universal gravitation?

A. Kepler

B. Newton

C. Galileo

D. Hubble

B. Newton

200

What planet is farthest from the Sun?

A. Mercury

B. Neptune

C. Earth

D. Venus

B. Neptune

300

Who developed the geocentric model?

A. Newton

B. Copernicus

C. Ptolemy

D. Brahe

C. Ptolemy

300

Which Astronomer discovered the universe beyond the Milky Way?

A. Kepler

B. Newton

C. Galileo

D. Hubble

300

What is the hottest planet?

A. Mercury

B. Neptune

C. Earth

D. Venus

400

Who developed the heliocentric model?

A. Newton

B. Copernicus

C. Ptolemy

D. Brahe

B. Copernicus

400

Which Astronomer developed the three laws of planetary motion?

A. Kepler

B. Newton

C. Galileo

D. Hubble

A. Kepler

400

What planet has the most moons?

A. Saturn

B. Jupiter

C. Uranus

D. Neptune

A. Saturn

500

Explain how retrograde motion discredited the geocentric model but validates the Heliocentric model

Retrograde motion in the apparent backwards motion of the planets compared to the stars. The geocentric model does not adequately account for this, since if the planets orbited the Earth their orbit should not include retrograde motion. The heliocentric model, however allows for this apparent motion, due to different relative positions of the planets relative to the Sun

500

Which astronomer was the most important?

Most convincing answer gets the points.

Who knows?

500

List the planets in order. If you add in five dwarf planets in the correct order, you will receive double points.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, (Ceres), Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, (Pluto), (Haumea), (MakeMake), (Eris)