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Where was Galileo born?
What is Pisa, Italy.
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Where did Galileo start his studies?
What is University of Pisa.
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Who did Galileo further learn physics from?
What is the ancient Greek scientist; Aristotle.
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What year did he invent the telescope?
1609
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Why did Galileo recant his theory of the Copernican system?
Because the catholic church was against it and forced him to.
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What did Galileo's dad do?
He was a musician.
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What degree did Galileo start out working on at the University of Pisa?
What is a medical degree.
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Who's thought about physics did Gailieo question?
What is Aristitelians.
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How much could one of his telescopes magnify an object?
twenty times.
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What does inquisition mean?
an official investigation, one of a religious nature, by the lack of regard of individual rights and cruel punishments.
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How many kids did Gailieo and Marina Gamba have?
3 Kids.
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In what year did Galileo make a notable discovery about the pendulum?
What is 1602.
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what did Aristitielians think about physics?
they thought that a heavier object will fall faster through a medium.
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What did his discoverys prove?
The Copernican system.
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What does heresy mean?
any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs.
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Was Gailieo's family rich?
They belonged to a nobility, but they weren't rich.
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What did Galileo help develop?
What is the pendulum clock.
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What did Galileo prove?
he proved that all objects fall at the same rate in a vacuum, the density of an object doesn't matter.
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What is the Copernican system?
The earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
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Who gave Galileo permission to write about the Copernican system?
Pope Urban VII.
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What year did Gailieo die?
1642
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What does pendulum mean?
What is a weight suspended from a pivot allowing it to swing freely.
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How did Galileo test is theory?
He tested his theory by rolling two balls own an incline plane determined their positions according to different time intervals.
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What did everyone around Galileo believe about the universe?
That it was geocentric; the sun revolved around the earth.
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What happened to Galileo when he was found guilty of heresy?
He was sent back to his home town in Florence and was put under house arrest for the rest of his life.