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- Q1The sun is part of the galaxy called...the Way of Milkthe Milk Dudthe solar systemthe Milky Way30s
- Q2There are ___ of galaxies in the universe.millionszillionstrillionsbillions30s
- Q3The science that studies the universe.astronomyastrologyastronomerastrophysics30s
- Q4The Greeks used instruments such as the astrolabes to track the positions of the ____.stars and planetssun and planetsmoon and planetssun and stars30s
- Q5Greeks used the basics of ___ to measure the sizes and distance of the sun and the moon.calculus and algebraalgebra and physicsphysics and sciencegeometry and trigonometry30s
- Q6This Greek philosopher concluded that the Earth is round.HipparchusAristotleAristarchusClaudius30s
- Q7First successful attempt to establish the size of Earth was byEratosthenesClaudiusHipparchusAristotle30s
- Q8Best known for his star catalog.HipparchusErathosthenesAristotleClaudius30s
- Q9Model where th earth is the center of the universe.geocentricgeology centericspherecentricheliocentric30s
- Q10First Greek to believe in a sun centered universe.AristarchusHipparchusErathosthenesAristotle30s
- Q11Sun centered universe.spherecentricheliocentriccelestialcentricgeocentric30s
- Q12Presented a model of the universe that was called the Ptolemaic system.HipparchusAristotlePtolemyAristarchus30s
- Q13First great astronomer to emerge after the Middle Ages and was convinced that the Earth was actually a planet.GalileiKeplerBraheCopernicus30s
- Q14This astronomers observations, especially of Mars, were far more precise than any made previously.CopernicusGalileiBraheKepler30s
- Q15Discovered three laws of planetary motionGalileiNewtonBraheKepler30s