Copernicus
Was Copernicus older than Galileo
Yes
What year was Galileo born?
Feb 15th, 1964 (it is almost his birthday!)
Who was the assistant? Kepler or Brahe
Kepler
What fell from a tree that led to Newton creating his theories about gravity?
Apple Apple Apple
Who is playing in the Super Bowl this year?
Chiefs and 49's
What is Nicolaus Copernicus known for?
Proposing the heliocentric theory of the solar system.
Was the Catholic Church supportive of Galileo's Research?
No, they considered it heresy.
Which astronomer had a fake nose?
Tycho Brahe
What happened to send Newton home from University? (Cambridge)
The plague, pandemic, Bubonic Plague; are all great answers.
What is Mario's brother's name? (Mario the plumber from Nintendo)
Luigi!
Where was Nicolaus Copernicus born?
Polund!
What famous building did Galileo allegedly drop items off of to test gravity?
The Leaning Tower of Pisa (this is not a proven fact but is a well known story)
What planet did Brahe assign Kepler to study?
What type of math did Newton invent?
Calculus.
Which fish has no brain, bones, or heart and can live for hundreds of years. (not an actual fish)
Jellyfish.
What was the belief about the position of the earth in the ptolematic system? (This is what Copernicus was trying to disprove)
The earth was stationary in the center of the Universe.
Galileo was the first scientist who did experiments and tested his hypothesis. His observations and ideas are the foundation of the _______ method.
Scientific Method
What did Kepler discover about the shape of how planets orbit the sun?
He discovered they travel in "flattened circles" or ellipses.
Name one of Newtons Laws.
In the first law, an object will not change its motion unless a force acts on it. In the second law, the force on an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration. In the third law, when two objects interact, they apply forces to each other of equal magnitude and opposite direction.
What is a group of Lions called?
A pride