NAME: ________________________

7th grade astronomy ch 1 section 1 Test

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of 11 available terms

4 Written Questions

4 Multiple Choice Questions


  1. English mathematician and physicist that studied gravity

  2. the time required for the Earth to orbit once around the sun

  3. Assistant to Brahe; used Brahe's data to prove that the earth moved in an elliptical, not circular, orbit; Wrote 3 laws of planetary motion based on mechanical relationships and accurately predicted movements of planets in a sun-centered universe; Demolished old systems of Aristotle and Ptolemy

  4. ancient scientist who said earth was the center of the universe

3 True/False Questions

  1. Edwin Hubble
    proved that other galaxies existed beyond the edge of the Milky Way

          

  2. astronomy
    study of the universe

          

  3. day
    the time required for the Earth to orbit once around the sun