Download Geocentric and Heliocentric Graphic Organizer-Answer Key

Answer Key
Graphic Organizer - Part A: Compare and Contrast
Feature/ Main Character
Object at Center
Objects Moving A
round Center
Proposed by
Date Proposed
Supporters
Geocentric System
Heliocentric Center
The Earth
The Sun
The Sun and planets:
Mercury, Venus, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn and
their moons
Earth, Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Neptune,
Uranus and their
moons
Aristotle
140 A.D.
Ptolemy
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Copernicus
1543 B.C.
Galileo
Answer Key
Graphic Organizer Part B – Picture it
Geocentric Model of the Solar System
List 3 Characteristics below
1. Earlier model of the Solar System.
2. The Earth is at the center of the Solar
System.
3. All planetary objects are perfectly
circular.
Heliocentric Model of the Solar System
List 3 Characteristics below
1. Later model of the Solar System.
2. The Sun is at the center of the Solar
System.
3. Planetary objects are elliptical in their
orbit around the Sun.
Draw a Picture
Draw a Picture
Name of scientist(s)/astronomer(s) who
supported this view:
1. Aristotle
Name of scientist(s)/ astronomer(s) who
supported this view:
1. Copernicus
2. Ptolemy
2. Galileo
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