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Aristotle
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
100
Where was he from?
Greece
100
Pronounce this astronomers name.
"Tolemy"
100
What nationality was Copernicus?
Polish
100
What nationality was he?
German
100
What nationality was he?
Italian
200
What word means "Earth at the center"?
Geocentric
200
One of the reasons that he modified Aristotle's theory was because of his observation of the passage of ____________.
Venus
200
What religion did not like what?he had to say?? (He was kicked out of this religion)
Christianity or Catholicism
200
What was his first name? a. Frank b. Johannes c. Sally d. Sergio
b. Johannes
200
What type of lens did Galileo use in his Galileoscope? a. Concave b. Congruent c. Convex d. Contact
c. Convex
300
When ancient people couldn't ?understand what was happening ?in space, they would blame it? on the ______.
Gods
300
Ptolemy was active between which two other classical astronomers?
Aristotle and Copernicus
300
What is Copernicus best known for? What did we learn about him?
Heliocentric
300
What is Kepler best known for? ?What did we learn about him?
Elliptical Orbits
300
How many moons did he discover?
4
400
What word would Aristotle have ?used, instead of “space”?
Cosmos
400
How long was Ptolemy's theory believed (until Copernicus)? a. 400 years b. 600 years c. 1500 years d. 3000 years
c. 1500 years
400
What word means ‘Sun at the center’?
Heliocentric
400
What word means ‘flattened circle’?
Ellipse
400
What did he stack-up inside ?his Galileoscope that magnified ?distant things?
Lenses
500
What is odd about the numbers ?showing Aristotle’s life span?(from his birth to death)?
It goes from larger to smaller (BC) 384 BC-322 BC
500
What word means ‘circle within circles’ ?
Epicycles
500
Although he was closer to the truth about our galaxy/universe,?what error had Copernicus made?
Orbits were perfect circles
500
Kepler was alive while which other classical astronomer was living?
Galileo
500
What planet was he able to draw after seeing it through his Galileoscope?
Saturn