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Interactive Quiz
Origins of Modern Astronomy
Learning Objectives• This interactive quiz will review the contributions of the astronomers
addressed in chapter 21 of your text• After reading chapter 21, you should be able to
– List the astronomical contributions of the ancient Greek philosophers Aristotle, Anaxagoras, Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus and Ptolemy
– List the contributions to modern astronomy of Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Sir Isaac Newton
Which of the following astronomers introduced the idea of retrograde motion?
• Nicolas Copernicus• Tycho Brahe• Claudius Ptolemy• Aristotle• Aristarchus
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Which of the following astronomers believed the Earth
was just another planet?• Nicolas Copernicus• Tycho Brahe• Claudius Ptolemy• Aristotle• Aristarchus
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Which of the following astronomers derived three laws of planetary motion?
• Nicolas Copernicus• Tycho Brahe• Claudius Ptolemy• Aristotle• Johannes Kepler
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Which of the following astronomers reasoned the Moon shines by reflected
sunlight?• Anaxagoras• Tycho Brahe• Claudius Ptolemy• Aristotle• Johannes Kepler
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Which of the following astronomers employed the first
successful attempt at determining the size of the Earth using simple
shadow effects?• Anaxagoras• Hipparchus• Claudius Ptolemy• Aristotle• Eratosthenes
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Which of the following astronomers was best known for
his star catalogue?
• Anaxagoras• Hipparchus• Claudius Ptolemy• Aristotle• Eratosthenes
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Which of the following astronomers discovered Jupiter’s
four largest moons?
• Anaxagoras• Galileo Galilei• Claudius Ptolemy• Aristotle• Sir Isaac Newton
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Which of the following astronomers was the first to
provide visual evidence that the Earth was not the sole center of
motion in the universe?• Tycho Brahe • Galileo Galilei• Claudius Ptolemy• Johannes Kepler • Sir Isaac Newton
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