Galileos starry night

What country was Galileo living in when he found out someone had invented a spy glass?

• Italy

• France

• America

• Canada

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Galileo was able to grind down lenses of a spy glass to create a ____________

• A big magnifying glass

• spy glass

• telescope

• Space ship

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Galileo discovered what he first thought were 4 moving stars around Jupiter. He discovered those moving stars were actually ____________ circling around Jupiter

• 4 moons

• Meteors

• Planets

• telescopes

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What made Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s moons so important?

• It showed everything did NOT revolve around the Earth

• It showed Earth wasn’t the only planet with moons

• It showed people the moons were not stars

• It showed the sun had spots

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Tradition said the Earth’s moon was flawless. Galileo spoke against tradition when he said the moon was ________.

• Smooth

• Craggy

• Flawless

• Marvelous

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After his many discoveries, Galileo published a book where we told the world about his discoveries. What was that book called?

• The Boy With Stars in His Eyes

• The Starry Messenger

• Galileo’s Starry Night

• Facts about Space

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After publishing his book, Galileo was asked to stand before the Pope. The Pope sentences him to house arrest. Why did this happen?

• He broke tradition

• He lied

• He tricked people

• He did publish his book correctly

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Before Galileo invented the telescope, people thought the Milky Way was simply a large cloud in the sky. With the telescope Galileo could now see the Milky Way was _______________.

• Made up of millions of stars

• Actually a large cloud

• Another solar system

• One large star

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Galileo discovered the wondering stars, or planets, appeared to be _____________________________.

• Solid spheres

• Moving stars

• Twinkling Lights

• Airplanes

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Galileo had many skeptics after publishing his book. Skeptics thought Galileo was putting _______________ in his telescopes to trick them.

• Specks

• New lenses

• Fake moons

• Nothing

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