Galileo Galillei
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100
Where was Galileo born?
Italy
100
The study of why things move, how things move, when things move, how to get things moving, how to get things to stop moving, what happens when things move, where are things moving to, where are things moving from, and so on and so..is called what?
Physics!
100
What is the formula for finding speed?
v = d/t
100
The boy ran 20 km in 4 hours. What was the boy's speed?
s = 5 km/hr
100
The horse ran 50 km in 2 hours. How fast did the horse run?
s = 25 km/hr
200
True or False: Galileo was born after Roger Bacon and Sir Issac Newton.
False
200
A professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church
What is a heretic
200
What is the formula for finding time?
time = distance/ speed
200
The runner ran 10km/hr and she ran for 2.3 hours. How far did she run?
d = 23 km
200
What is the distance the woman biked if she traveled at 12 miles/hour for 3.5 years straight?
d = 367,920 km
300
The "father of modern physics" and/or The "father of modern science"
Because of his contribution to the scientific method and advances in our understanding of physical concepts of motion, Galileo is known as what?
300
This prefix means "earth".
"Geo"
300
What is the formula for distance?
distance = time x speed
300
The fish swam at 5000 m/hr and swam 32,000 m. How long did the fish swim?
time = 6.4 hours
300
How long did the train travel if it traveled 45,987,234 meters at a speed of 4,500,000 meters in one hour?
t = 10.22 hours
400
Why was Galileo put on house arrest?
For supporting Nicolas Copernicus' heliocentric model of the universe.
400
The harder Lily swung the bat, the farther the softball traveled...
Proportional relationship
400
In what way is speed inversely related to time?
As speed increases, the time it takes to cover a certain distance decreases.
400
The girl could run 135 ft/min and she ran 1200 yds. How long did she run?
time = 26.7 minutes
400
How many kilometers did the train travel if it traveled 34,000 meters in one hour and traveled for 7 hours?
d = 238 km
500
Galileo did not event the telescope but improved on the existing design. How powerful (in magnification) was his final telescope?
20 times
500
Results and evidences that are measurable...
Quantitative
500
Explain Galileo's concept of projectile motion
Any two objects dropped from the same height, regardless of their mass or horizontal speed, will hit the ground at the same time because gravity pulls them down the same distance. at the same rate.
500
The man ran at a speed of 8 ft/second. How many yard would he travel after 30 minutes.
d = 4,800 yards
500
A car traveled 56,000 yds in about 25 minutes. How fast was the car traveling in ft/sec?
v = 112 ft/sec
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