parallelogram
parallax
paradox

2) Galileo wrote a short treatise on weighing small quantities, called ...

The Little Balance
The Accurate Balance
The Hydrostatic Balance

3) What book did Galilei write about his observations of Jupiter and the stars?

Siderius Nuncuis
Siderues Nuincius
Sidereus Nuncius
Sideruis Nuncius

4) What was Galileo's sentence for believing and promoting the Copernican Theory ?

indefinite house arrest
torture twice a day
solitary confinement
slave labour

5) Did Galileo correctly understand what causes the tides of the sea?

yes
no

6) Pick the correct statement:

Galileo Galilei discovered 1 of Jupiter's moons.
Galileo Galilei discovered 2 of Jupiter's moons.
Galileo Galilei discovered 3 of Jupiter's moons.
Galileo Galilei discovered 4 of Jupiter's moons.

7) Galileo Galilei was ...

a scientist
an inventor
a discoverer
an astronomer
a mathematician
all of the above

8) What did Galileo focus on during his last years?

motion, the paths of projectiles, falling bodies and the strength of materials
the Sun and the Moon
Jupiter's moons
Sunspots
None of the above

9) Pick the true statement:

Galilei agreed with Aristotle and disagreed with Archimedes about the speed of falling bodies.
Galilei agreed with Archimedes and disagreed with Aristotle about the speed of falling bodies.

10) Pick the correct statement:

Galileo made all his discoveries because his parents were the richest in Italy and Galileo got all the education he needed.
Galileo made his many discoveries because he worked hard.