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The principal culture that transferred Greek astronomical
knowledge to Renaissance Europe was:
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Islamic.
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The most accurate Greek attempt to explain planetary motion
was the model of:
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Ptolemy
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The Ptolemaic model probably persisted for all these reasons
EXCEPT:
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It
accounted well for Galileo’s observations of the phase cycle of Venus.
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The greatest contribution of the Greeks to modern thought
was:
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The
development of scientific inquiry and model building.
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Scientists today do not accept the Ptolemaic model because:
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The
work of Tycho and Kepler showed the heliocentric model was more accurate
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On which of these assumptions do Ptolemy and Copernicus
agree?
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All
orbits must be perfect circles.
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Which of these was NOT seen telescopically by Galileo?
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Stellar
parallax
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Kepler’s first law worked, where Copernicus’ original
heliocentric model failed, because Kepler described the orbits as
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Elliptical, not circular
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Tycho Brahe’s contribution to Kepler’s Laws of Planetary
Motion were
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His
detailed and accurate observations of the planet’s position.
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The most famous prehistoric astronomical observatory is:
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Stonehenge
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A circular orbit would have an eccentricity of
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0
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The force of gravity varies with the
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Inverse
square of the distance separating the two bodies and the product of the two
masses (E: A and C are correct)
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The Law of Universal Gravitation was developed by:
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Newton
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The force of gravity between two objects: increases
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Increases
with the masses of the bodies, but decreases with the square of the distances
between them.
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Which of these was NOT a part of the original Copernican
model?
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Mercury
speeds up at perihelion, and slows down at aphelion.
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