OCR5u2 Galileo

1.

2 points

How did the church respond to Galileo's published argument entitled "Dialogue on the Great World Systems" in 1632?

Galileo was arrested and sentenced to death

Galileo was summoned to appear before the Inquisition in Rome.

Galileo was asked to declare that he was wrong and that the Earth stood still.

Galileo was warned not to defy the church again

2.

2 points

What belief did the church hold that Galileo got into trouble for challenging?

The geocentric view, that Earth was the center of the universe

the sun did not have blemishes on it

celestial objects were divine and did not have mountains

there was no life on other planets because humans are special

3.

1 point

The tube with one concave lens and one convex lens which was called a "Dutch perspective" is now called

binoculars

telescope

hand lens

magnifying glass

4.

1 point

What event FIRST got Galileo interested in studying the stars?

five years earlier, a new star had appeared in the sky

his father had shown him the planets in the night sky

he noticed moons around Jupiter and wanted to study them

he was a sailor and used constellations to guide his ship

5.

1 point

According to the text, what contributions did Galileo make to astronomy?

he realized the moon had mountains

he discovered Pluto

he discovered that moons orbited Jupiter

he declared that the Earth revolved around the sun

6.

1 point

Why did Galileo study the same planet night after night?

He wanted to find out why Jupiter was swinging in the sky

he wanted to study the mountains on Jupiter

he wanted to know what the points of light around Jupiter were

he discovered that Jupiter has four satellite moons of it's own

7.

1 point

What opinion did people have about the mysterious spots on the sun?

people felt the spots were in Galileo's eyes because he was staring at the sun too long

people believed that the sun had moons orbiting it like Earth's moon

they did not understand how a burning object could have dark spots

people felt that a celestial object ought to be without blemish

8.

1 point

Why does Galileo believe people of Venice would pay well for a device that magnifies distant objects?

they like new things

they were famous sailors and navigators

this tube would show ships out at sea long before they could be seen with the naked eye

they were astronomers and wanted to study the stars

9.

1 point

What quote from the story shows that Galileo was curious?

"he intended to teach himself lens grinding" p. 104

Surely, thought Galileo, the nobles of Venice would pay well for such a device" p. 103

"Immediately he turned his telescope to it, eager to examine one of the planets for the first time." p. 106

"He received more severe warnings than before, but would not give way." p. 110

10.

1 point

According to the text, which other scientists believed, as Galileo did, that the Earth revolved around the sun?

Isaac Newton

the Pope

Copernicus

Johannes Kepler