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A model of the solar system with the Sun at the center is said to be heliocentric.

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T
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F
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

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Heliocentric
B
Geocentric
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In 1543, ____ published his views of Earth and other planets revolving around the Sun.

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Kepler
B
Magellan
C
Copernicus
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Galileo
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Galileo used his telescope to discover evidence for the Sun-centered model of the solar system. This evidence included all of the following except __________.

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Venus going through phases
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Venus revolving around the Sun, not Earth
C
the planets moving in ovals or elipses
D
moons revolving around Jupiter
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

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Heliocentric
B
Geocentric
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Galileo discovered that the orbits in which planets move around the Sun are elliptical.

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T
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F

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