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1
If there is not air resistance and you drop a feather and a hammer from the same height, which would fall faster?
both at the same time
it is impossible to predict
the feather
the hammer
2
When he reached the age of ten, Galileo left Pisa to join his family in
Florence
Venice
Sicilia
Rome
3
Galileo's father wanted him to be a
sailor
lawyer
doctor
teacher
4
Nicolaus Copernicus was
a polish astronomer
an English physicist
a German lawyer
a French mathematician
5
we expect light objects to fall slower than heavy ones because
we are accustomed to the effects of air resistance and friction
it has been demonstrated by Galileo
it was demonstrated by Newton
it has been demonstrated by David Scott in 1971, on the Moon
6
Galileo began teaching mathematics, first privately in Florence and then during 1585-86 at Siena
False
True
7
Fantoni left the chair of mathematics at the University of Pisa in 1589 and Galileo was appointed to fill the post
True
False
8
Copernicus was not the first astronomer to propose a heliocentric system.
False
True
9
Galileo, suspect of heresy condemned to life imprisonment, was made to
work in the prison making inventions for the city of Rome
abjure formally of supporting the geocentric model
abjure formally of supporting the heliocentric model
work for Urban VIII, the Pope
10
Galileo never seems to have taken medical studies seriously, attending courses on his real interests which were in maths
False
True
11
Galileo used a ramp to study
the movement of the planets
the movement of hammers
the movement of feathers
rolling balls
12
What was Galileo amazed to find out about Jupiter?
to find out that Jupiter had mountains and rivers on it.
that Jupiter was completely solid
that Jupiter had a big red spot
that Jupiter had four moons that orbited it
13
In a short book called the
Starry Messenger,
Galileo claimed to have seen mountains on
the Moon
Mars
The Asteroid Bell
Jupiter
14
Galileo's father was a teacher of
Laws
Music
Physics
Philosophy
15
Galileo died, blind in
London, England
Frombork, Poland
Amboise, France
Arcetri, Italy
16
Want to lose weight fast? just move to higher ground. If you want to be slimmer, go to the Mount Everes
True
False
17
Galileo was born in
Pisa
Bolonia
Florence
Rome
18
Galileo discovered in the Sun
metals
icy materials
sunspots
clouds
19
Galileo Galilei married Marina Gamba.
True
False
20
in 1610 he discovered that, when seen in the telescope, the planet Venus
had rings
was not a planet
showed phases like those on the Moon
had spots
