astronomy Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
When was Galileo born? | 1564 |
Where was Galileo born? | Pisa, Italy |
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 |
Who believed in the geocentric model? | Ptolemy, Aristotle, the church |
Who came up with the geocentric theory? | Aristotle |
What is the law of falling bodies? | objects fall at the same rate no matter the weight |
Who proved this theory? | Galileo |
What did people believe before the law of falling bodies? | That a heavier object would fall faster |
Who thought of the idea of something heavier fall faster? | Aristotle |
What is the heliocentric model of the universe? | The sun is the center, all the planets revolve around it |
Who believed in the heliocentric theory? | Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler |
Who thought of the heliocentric theory? | Copernicus |
What invention helped prove the heliocentric theory? | The telescope |
Who are the Inquisition? | The Holy office of the Catholic church |
What is the starry messenger? | Galileo's first book describing his observations from the telscope |
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 |
When was his named cleared by the church? | 300 years after his death |
What does geo mean? | Earth |
What is the celestial order of the geocentric model? | Earth (center), moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn |
What does helio mean? | Sun |
What is the celestial order of the heliocentric model? | Sun (center), Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
Why did this theory cause conflict with the church? | The church thought it went against the Bible. |
What did Galileo improve but not invent? | The telescope |
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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