Planets
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
What is Mercury?
This model places the Earth at the centre of the universe.
What is the geocentric model?
This ancient Greek philosopher believed in the geocentric model.
Who is Aristotle?
The statement you test in an experiment. Sometimes called a prediction or guess about what will happen.
What is the hypothesis?
The largest planet in our Solar System is this one.
What is Jupiter?
The planet furthest away from the Sun.
What is Neptune?
This model, accepted today, places the Sun at the centre of the Solar System.
What is the heliocentric model?
What is the heliocentric model?
The list of steps you follow in an experiment.
Name the planet closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
The second largest planet in the Solar System.
What is Saturn?
Name the astronomer who first proposed the heliocentric model in the 16th century.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
This is the invention that provided evidence for the heliocentric model.
What is the telescope?
A summary of the main results and their significance.
What is the conclusion.
This planet has a prominent ring system visible from Earth.
What is Saturn?
The distance light travels in one year.
What is a light year?
The geocentric model was widely accepted until this scientist provided evidence to support the heliocentric model using a telescope.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This was the legal charge against Galileo for his work by the Catholic Church.
What is "vehemently suspect of heresy?"
The variable you change in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
Which planet is often called Earth’s "sister planet" because of its similar size and structure?
What is Venus?
The distance to the nearest star outside the solar system (in light years).
What is 4.3 light years.
Explain one reason why the heliocentric model is superior to the geocentric model.
Because it accurately predicts the retrograde motion of planets and planetary orbits around the Sun.
Explain the evidence the Galileo found using his telescope.
- Jupiter's moons orbiting Jupiter
- The phases of Venus
Explain why it is important to ensure an experiment is a fair test.
If an experiment is not a fair test, you cannot be sure what produced the results. There should only be ONE independent variable, so you know it is the cause.