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[Quiz]

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1. This scientist who improved on the geocentric theory was:
Thales Ptolemy Aristotle

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2. This scientist's hypothesis stated that light is made up of photons:
Bunsen Newton Einstein

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3. Created a system known as sunspot numbers for studying solar activity:
Wolf Langley Galileo

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4. This scientist invented the spectroscope:
Abbot Eddington Bunsen

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5. Which of the following scientists discovered sunspots?
Einstein Wolf Galileo

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6. This English astronomer discovered the mass-luminosity relationship for stars:
Kepler Newton Eddington

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7. The scientist Hipparchus was most famous for:
His calculation of the length of the year His trigonometric chords His 3 planetary laws

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8. This astronomer played a major role in the development of the heliocentric theory:
Eratosthenes Hipparchus Copernicus

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9. The astronomer who formulated three laws of planetary motion was:
Ptolemy Kepler Copernicus

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10. The telescope was first used for astronomy by:
Galileo Newton Shapley

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11. This English mathematician and scientist formulated the law of universal gravitation:
Abbot Cavendish Newton

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