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Ordered Universe Concept Check

Last updated over 4 years ago

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Question 1

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•To the modern scientist, what does each observation and measurement represent?

Question 2

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•Plato stated that the most perfect form is the circle. What may he have meant with this statement?

Question 3

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A. According to Aristotle, what were the ultimate arbiters of truth?

B. Explain Aristotle’s model of the universe.

Question 4

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•What contribution to modern science did Pliny the Elder make?

Question 5

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•Explain the ‘epicycle’ in Ptolemy’s model of the universe.

Question 6

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•What is retrograde motion?

Question 7

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•Explain the Copernican model of the universe.

Question 8

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A. How did Tycho Brahe advance the field of astronomy?

B. Explain Tycho’s model of the universe.

Question 9

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•How did Galileo transform science?

Question 10

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•Why is Pluto considered a dwarf planet?