Question

complete this assessment to review what you’ve learned. it will not count toward your grade. drag and drop the words into the correct locations. (2 points) the copernican model of the solar system was a blank model in which earth blank planets blank and the stars blank. options: heliocentric, geocentric, was just another planet, travelled along a circular path, were fixed to an outermost sphere, floated in outer space.

Explanation:

To solve this, we recall the Copernican model (heliocentric, Sun - centered).

1. The first blank (describing the model) should be "heliocentric" as the Copernican model is heliocentric (opposed to geocentric which has Earth at the center).
2. For the "Earth" blank, in the Copernican model, Earth "was just another planet" (revolving around the Sun like other planets).
3. For the "Planets" blank, planets "travelled along a circular path" (in the Copernican model, planets move in circular orbits around the Sun, though later Kepler showed elliptical, but for this context, circular is the idea).
4. For the "stars" blank, in the Copernican (and earlier models' understanding adapted here) view, stars "were fixed to an outermost sphere" (the idea of a celestial sphere with stars fixed on it was still prevalent in the Copernican model's context for stars, while planets moved).

Answer:

1. The first blank (after "was a"): heliocentric
2. The "Earth" blank: was just another planet
3. The "Planets" blank: travelled along a circular path
4. The "stars" blank: were fixed to an outermost sphere

(Note: The drag - and - drop would place "heliocentric" in the first model - describing blank, "was just another planet" in the Earth - related blank, "travelled along a circular path" in the Planets - related blank, and "were fixed to an outermost sphere" in the stars - related blank. The other options: "geocentric" is incorrect for Copernican, "floated in outer space" does not fit the historical model's view of stars.)