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Name: _______________________________
Parent initials: ___________________
Time: ___________________
Quiz Lesson 1-4
Multiple Choice: circle the correct letter.
1. What force holds all the planets in orbit?
a. Gravity
b. Big Bang theory
c. Sun
d. Space
2. Who invented the first telescope?
a. Foucault
b. Copernicus
c. Galileo
d. Newton
3. Ignoring air resistance, a heavier object will…
a. fall faster than a lighter object.
b. Fall slower than a lighter object.
c. Fall at the same rate as a lighter object.
d. There is not enough information to answer this question.
4. What is the main idea of the Geocentric Model?
a. the sun is the center of the solar system
b. the earth is the center of the universe
c. the moon is the center of the solar system
d. the milky way is the center of the universe
5. What is the main idea of the Heliocentric Model?
a. the sun is the center of the solar system
b. the earth is the center of the universe
c. the moon is the center of the solar system
d. the milky way is the center of the universe.
Name: _______________________________
Parent initials: ___________________
Time: ___________________
Short answer:
6. List at least one contribution that each of the following men made to
the study of astronomy.
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Galileo ________________________________________________________________
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Sir Isaac Newton
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7. What are the two ways the earth moves in space?
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8. Why does the earth experience seasons?
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9. Why are seasons an indication of God’s provision for man?
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10. What invention did you study that demonstrates the rotation of the
earth? _______________________________________________
Matching: (you will not use them all)
11. _______Astronomy
12. _______Gravity
13. _______Rotation
14. _______Revolution
15. _______Solstice
16. _______Equinox
17. _______Refracting telescope
18. _______Reflecting telescope
19. _______Radio telescope
A. First day of summer or winter
B. Uses lenses only to study stars
C. Uses unseen waves to study stars
D. Movement of a heavenly body on
its axis.
E. First day of spring or fall
F. The study of objects in space.
G. The force that attracts masses.
H. The movement of a heavenly body
around another.
I. Uses lenses and mirrors to study
stars.
J. Something that orbits another
body.