Galileo's Life
Where is Galileo from? (Bonus -- $100: Where did he spend the rest of his life in house arrest?)
What is Italy? (Bonus: What is Florence?)
This model of the solar system places the Sun at the center.
What is the heliocentric model?
In 1616, the Catholic Church declared the heliocentric model to be this.
What is "formally heretical"?
Kepler, Copernicus, and Newton blended this with science.
What is faith?
Today, the Catholic Church officially accepts this scientific finding.
What is the theory of evolution (or the heliocentric model)?
What is Galileo's nickname?
Who is the "father of modern science"?
Galileo's support of the heliocentric model challenged this long-held, Earth-centered view.
What is the geocentric model?
As punishment for his views, Galileo was sentenced to this for the remainder of his life.
What is house arrest?
This scientist is best known for formulating the laws of motion and gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The Vatican has this institution for astronomical research.
What is the Vatican Observatory?
Which studies did Galileo make contributions to?
What are astronomy, physics, and engineering?
This scientist proposed the heliocentric theory before Galileo.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
This pope officially acknowledged the Church's error in condemning Galileo in 1992.
Who is Pope John Paul II?
This scientist created the laws of planetary motion.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
This is something that the Catholic Church and Science do now more then in the 17th Century
What is cooperate?
Using his improved telescope, Galileo discovered what?
What are the moons of Jupiter?
He mathematically proved the heliocentric model, paving the way for future astronomers.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
The Church placed Galileo's works on this list.
What is the Index of Forbidden Books?
Copernicus believed his work uncovered God's design of this.
What is the cosmos?
Despite occasional tensions, the Church generally encourages this between science and faith.
What is dialogue?