The Cosmological Revolution

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1. What did Copernicus discover?

  • that the earth was at one end of the ellipsis
  • that the earth wasn't the centre of the universe
  • that the earth was the centre of the universe
  • that the earth was surrounded by all the other planets
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2. What did Brahe discover/do?

  • made people look to the bible for more information
  • publish most accurate set of star charts
  • gave astronomers old information
  • chopped off his nose

3. What did Kepler discover/do?

  • that the sun was in the centre of the universe
  • worked with Brahe
  • that planets moved in an elliptical orbit
  • that the planets move in a circular orbit

4. What did Galileo discover/do?

  • that the moon was orbiting the sun
  • that the moon wasn't a perfect sphere
  • that the moon was completely smooth
  • that pluto made shadows across the moon

5. What did Newton discover/do?

  • gravity
  • started modern science
  • wrote a rule book for the other scientists in this revolution
  • watched apples fall from trees on a daily basis
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