Class Activity | Galileo

When was Galileo Galilei born?

• A. January 12, 1500

• A. August 31, 1632

• A. November 2, 1522

• A. February 18, 1564

In 1589 – 1592 Galileo____

• Engaged in a Velocity experiment to prove Aristotle wrong

• Started going to school

• He dropped 2 objects of different mass from the Tower of Pisa

• Conducted a public experiment which included numerous individuals

Galileo confirmed that if there is no air resistance when object are falling, they will fall at the same acceleration, regardless of mass

• True

• False

Galileo began to observe and sketch the moon through his newly developed telescope in_____

• 1567

• 1609

• 1534

• 1600

How did the moon resemble the Earth according to Galileo?

• Different continents

• The moon had numerous oceans and seas

• It had craters and mountains

• It had flowing rivers and huge monuments

When was he looking through his improved homemade telescope and realized there were 3 points of light around Jupiter?

• At Noon

• January 7, 1610

• April 22, 1635

• December 27, 1700

After noticing that Jupiter had 4 different moons, Galileo concluded that____

• The moons possessed human life

• Planets revolved around the Earth

• Planets revolved around the Sun

• The moons were like miniature suns for some planets

What year did Galileo invent the geometric and military compass?

• 1548

• 1673

• 1372

• 1597

What year did Galileo invent his own telescope?

• 1609

• 1673

• 1692

• 1700