B. Complete these notes with corresponding words from the reading passage

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Vocabulary study

a. Find in the text words that better match the following definitions:

1. a scientist who studies astronomy - …………………………………………………………………………………….

2. having the sun at its centre - …………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. a post of employment - ………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. a suggested explanation for a group of facts or phenomena, either accepted as a basis for further verification or accepted as likely to be true - ………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. to cast doubt upon the validity, truth, etc., of (something) - ………………………………………………………….

6. too excessively - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. to cause to happen - ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

8. to move or cause to move around a centre or axis - …………………………………………………………………..

9. readily seen or understood; evident; obvious - ……………………………………………………………………….

10. systematic investigation to establish facts or principles or to collect information on a subject - ………………….

Copernicus provided a heliocentric (1)…………………………. theory of the solar system. People used to believe the Sun went round the (2) ………………………. Copernicus led the way for science to (3)………………………. existing theories. Copernicus held that the Earth is not the centre of the (4) …………………………. He also explained the phenomenon of (5) …………………………. and gave the correct order of the planets.