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Earth and Space Formative Assessment

Earth and Space Formative Assessment. Evolution of Astronomy as a Science: Part I. 1. A heliocentric universe puts ___________ in the middle of everything. a. Earth b. Mars c. The Moon d. The Sun.

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Earth and Space Formative Assessment

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  1. Earth and Space Formative Assessment Evolution of Astronomy as a Science: Part I • 1. A heliocentric universe puts ___________ in the middle of everything. • a. Earth • b. Mars • c. The Moon • d. The Sun

  2. 2. The first person to propose that the Sun was in the middle of everything was _______. • a. Aristotle • b. Aristarchus • c. Galileo • d. Copernicus • 3. ___________ used observations of planets that showed “retrograde” motion to show that the Sun was at the center. • a. Aristotle • b. Aristarchus • c. Galileo • d. Copernicus

  3. 4. ________________ is the point in Earth’s orbit where it is closest to the Sun. It is because of this that we say the orbit is______________. • a. aphelion; circular • b. aphelion; elliptical • c. perihelion; circular • d. perihelion; elliptical • 5. What are Kepler’s three laws of planetary motion?

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