Unit 10 Lesson 39.3 Galileo

What was Galileo's main interest?

• Motion
• Chemistry
• Astronomy
• Biology

What did Galileo disprove?

• Objects don't fall at all
• Light objects fall faster than heavier ones
• Heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones
• All objects fall at the same speed

What did Galileo use mathematics to describe?

• The surface of the moon
• The phases of Venus
• The path of a projectile
• The movement of Jupiter's moons

What did Galileo discover about the moon?

• Its surface was rough and uneven
• It had no craters
• It was made of cheese
• It was perfectly smooth

What did Galileo discover about Jupiter?

• It had no moons
• It had rings
• It was the largest planet in the solar system
• It had four moons

What did Galileo observe about Venus?

• It passed through phases
• It had rings
• It had a moon
• It was the brightest planet in the sky

What did Galileo's discoveries contradict?

• The Copernican theory
• The geocentric theory
• The heliocentric theory
• The traditional view of the universe

What did Aristotle teach about the moon?

• It was made of cheese
• It had no craters
• It was perfectly smooth
• It was rough and uneven

What did Galileo observe moving around Jupiter?

• Asteroids
• Planets
• Comets
• Moons

What did Galileo realize about the phases of Venus?

• It had rings
• It was traveling around Earth
• It was a star
• It was traveling around the sun