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WorksheetsThe Scientific Revolution - Section 3
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 7mins
What theory did Galileo champion after studying the sky through a telescope?
Aristotelian theory
Ptolemaic theory
Heliocentric theory
Geocentric theory
What did Galileo discover about the moon's surface?
It was covered in ice
It was rough and uneven
It had no craters
It was perfectly smooth
How many moons did Galileo discover revolving around Jupiter?
Five
Four
Three
Two
What did Galileo observe about the planet Venus that contradicted traditional views?
It went through phases like the moon
It had no phases
It was perfectly round
It had moons
Why was Galileo tried before the Roman Catholic court known as the Inquisition?
For building powerful telescopes
For going against Church teaching
For writing a book
For discovering new planets
What book did Galileo publish in 1632 that caused an uproar?
The Earth and the Moon
The Sun and the Stars
Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems
The Planets and the Universe
What did the Catholic Church demand Galileo to confess at his trial?
His love for astronomy
His admiration for Kepler
His discovery of new planets
His error in supporting the Copernican theory
What did Galileo's studies of motion help advance?
The Industrial Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution
The Scientific Revolution
The Technological Revolution
What did Galileo's work with telescopes help him discover about the planets?
They all had moons
They were all made of gas
They were all perfectly round
They supported Copernicus' theories
What did Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems describe?
Theories of Einstein and Hawking
Theories of Ptolemy and Kepler
Theories of Aristotle and Copernicus
Theories of Galileo and Newton
