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When was Galileo born?   1564  
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Where was Galileo born?   Pisa, Italy  
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What is the geocentric model of the universe?   The model is where the Earth is the center, stays still, and the planets revolve around it  
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Who believed in the geocentric model?   Ptolemy, Aristotle, the church  
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Who came up with the geocentric theory?   Aristotle  
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What is the law of falling bodies?   objects fall at the same rate no matter the weight  
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Who proved this theory?   Galileo  
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What did people believe before the law of falling bodies?   That a heavier object would fall faster  
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Who thought of the idea of something heavier fall faster?   Aristotle  
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What is the heliocentric model of the universe?   The sun is the center, all the planets revolve around it  
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Who believed in the heliocentric theory?   Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler  
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Who thought of the heliocentric theory?   Copernicus  
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What invention helped prove the heliocentric theory?   The telescope  
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Who are the Inquisition?   The Holy office of the Catholic church  
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What is the starry messenger?   Galileo's first book describing his observations from the telscope  
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What did the Inquisition do to Galileo?   He was accused of heresy, put under house arrest, and was banned on ever writing a book again  
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When was his named cleared by the church?   300 years after his death  
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What does geo mean?   Earth  
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What is the celestial order of the geocentric model?   Earth (center), moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn  
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What does helio mean?   Sun  
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What is the celestial order of the heliocentric model?   Sun (center), Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune  
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Why did this theory cause conflict with the church?   The church thought it went against the Bible.  
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What did Galileo improve but not invent?   The telescope  
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What did Galileo discover with the telescope?   The moon was not smooth, as once thought, it had hill valleys, and mountains. He also discovered moons circling Jupiter.  
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