True False
2) Galileo and ... debated whether sunspots were satellites of the Sun or actual features on the surface of the Sun.
Medici Kepler Christoph Scheiner
3) Galileo wrote: History and Demonstrations Concerning ...
Sunspots and Their Properties The Moons of Jupiter and Their Properties The Moon and Its Properties
4) Galileo wrote three letters on ...
solar eclipses lunar eclipses sunspots
5) Many people all discovered sunspots independently. Galileo was one of these people.
Correct Incorrect
6) What did Galileo say proved that the Earth moved?
tides solar eclipses lunar eclipses
7) In Galileo's "Dialogue", who represented who ?
Salviati - Galileo, Simplicio - an intelligent layman, Sagredo - the Aristotelian Salviati - Galileo, Simplicio - the Aristotelian, Sagredo - an intelligent layman Salviati - an intelligent layman, Simplicio - the Aristotelian, Sagredo - Galileo
8) Galileo's "Dialogue" contained a preface explaining the book was written hypothetically, therefore its first submission to the censors was accepted without any problems.
9) Galileo was in trouble with the Inquisition because he only treated the Copernican theory hypothetically, and did not take the theory seriously.
10) How did others describe they saw Saturn in their telescopes after they learnt about Galileo's discovery?
Saturn was oval in shape. Saturn seemed to have 'handles'. They did not see anything strange about Saturn.
