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Concept 1 Quiz
Concept 1 Quiz
Consider the contributions of ancient civilizations to the development of astronomy including the geocentric and heliocentric views of the universe.
This activity contains 10 questions.
Many ancient astronomers during the "Golden Age" of astronomy believed that
Earth was a "wanderer"
Earth revolved around the celestial sphere
Earth was the center of the universe
the Sun was the center of the universe
the Sun was on the celestial sphere
According to the ancients, the stars traveled around Earth on the transparent, hollow,
deferent
celestial sphere
equatorial sphere
solar orb
stellar globe
Which of the following models included Earth as the center of the universe?
Geocentric Model
Ptolemaic System
Heliocentric Model
a and b
all of the above
Which of these early civilizations made contributions to our understanding of astronomy and celestial objects?
Greek
Babylonian
Chinese
Egyptian
all of the above
Aristarchus was the first Greek to explain a geocentric model of the universe.
True
False
The Greeks were the first to identify the nine wandering planets.
True
False
Correctly match the ancient thinkers and scientists with the work they are best known for.
A matching question presents 6 answer choices and 6 items. The answer choices are lettered A through F. The items are numbered 7.1 through 7.6. Screen readers will read the answer choices first. Then each item will be presented along with a select menu for choosing an answer choice.
Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.
Treatise "Almagest"
Spherical Earth and other teachings
Moon shines by reflected sunlight
Best known for his extensive star catalogue
Heliocentric view and relative distances of Earth, Sun, and Moon
successful established the size of Earth
7.1 Ptolemy
[hint]
A
B
C
D
E
F
7.2 Hipparchus
[hint]
A
B
C
D
E
F
7.3 Aristotle
[hint]
A
B
C
D
E
F
7.4 Aristarchus
[hint]
A
B
C
D
E
F
7.5 Anaxagoras
[hint]
A
B
C
D
E
F
7.6 Eratosthenes
A
B
C
D
E
F
Ptolemy used a pattern of epicycles and deferrents to explain the motions of the planets.
True
False
Aristarchus measured the size of Earth to be approximately 250,000 stadia.
True
False
This early Greek scientist was able to classify stars into six categories according to their brightness.
Hipparchus
Ptolemy
Anaxagoras
Aristotle
Aristarchus
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