Quiz 27, Chapter 10, pp. 302-309

Question 1

Polish astronomer who proposed a heliocentric system of the universe

Answer 1

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 2

scientist who discovered the law of universal gravitation

Answer 2

Sir Isaac Newton

Question 3

astronomer whose book Almagest mathematically described the geocentric view of the universe

Answer 3

Ptolemy

Question 4

astronomer who discovered that the planets do not travel in circles

Answer 4

Johannes Kepler

Question 5

astronomer whose discovery of the phases of Venus helped prove the heliocentric view

Answer 5

Galileo Galilei

Question 6

The study of God’s creation beyond our atmosphere is

Answer 6

astronomy

Question 7

The force of attraction that exists between any two objects is

Answer 7

gravity

Question 8

The general term for a space that does not contain any matter is a

Answer 8

vacuum

Question 9

The point in a planet’s orbit that is farthest from the sun is called

Answer 9

aphelion

Question 10

The sun, planets, the planets’ moons, and other smaller bodies that orbit the sun form the

Answer 10

solar system