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Galileo was associated with this religious group.
What is the Catholic Church / Christianity?
What is the MAIN theory that Galileo supported?
Planets revolve around the sun / Copernican theory.
These are what Galileo discovered on the surface of the moon.
What are Craters and mountains?
When you're sick you might use this device galileo invented in 1588 to measure temperatures.
What is the Thermometer?
Galileo is known as the father of what?
What decade was Galileo born in?
The 1560s
The theory that the sun lies at the center of the solar system.
What is Heliocentrism?
Galileo discovered the moons on this planet.
What is Jupiter?
Used by observers and gunmen between 1595 and 1598, and is currently used by boy scouts and hikers.
What is the Compass?
How long was Galileo set to be on house arrest?
9 Years.
What was Galileo's nationality
Italian
Galileo was the first to experiment what about light’s travel?
The speed of light.
Galileo discovered what about the appearance of Venus over time?
That it went through phases.
Seen in your biology class, this invention by Galileo was used to view particles that were too small for the naked eye.
What is the Compound Microscope?
How many children did Galileo have?
Three (Virginia, Livia, & Vincenzio)
Galileo Spent some (mandatory) time at home, what was it for?
He went against the Catholic Church’s beliefs on multiple occasions, specifically heliocentrism.
This gas giant’s orbital period was determined by Galileo as something that could be used as a universal clock.
Jupiter
Galileo made discoveries about these celestial objects.
What are Stars?
Using lenses to study and observe the stars and celestial bodies, Galileo invented what object?
What is the Refracting Telescope?
Galileo was mentioned in this famous song by Queen.
What is Bohemian Rhapsody?
What was the exact year that Galileo died?
1642
What “self-centered” theory did Galileo disagree with that others thought was correct?
Geocentrism
This Timely invention uses Galileo's discovery of a swinging, suspended weight.
What is the Pendulum Clock?
This was the earliest design of the pendulum clock.
What is Galileo’s Escapement?
The college that Galileo dropped out of.
What is the University of Pisa?