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Galileo's thermometer and other discoveries

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Quiz: Galileo thermometer and other discoveries.
1) What was a thermometer called in Galileo's time?

termoscope
thermoscope
termoflask


2) Galileo based his theories on precise, scientific measurements, not theoretical, philosophical logic.

True
False


3) Pick the correct statement:

Galileo invented the microscope. Anton van Leeuwenhoek used the microscope.
Galileo used this microscope that was invented by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.


4) Did Galileo prove that heavy objects fall faster than lighter objects?

Yes
No


5) Pick the true statement:

Galileo invented a thermometer.
Galileo discovered that pendulums could be used for the accurate measurement of time.
Both statements are true
Both statements are false


6) Galileo suggested that latitude at sea could be determined by timing eclipses of the satellites of Saturn.

True
False


7) The laws of falling bodies were formulated by ...

Galileo
Kepler


8) Pick the correct statement:

Galileo invented a hydrostatic balance.
Galileo invented a hydroelectric balance.
Galileo invented a hyperstatic balance.


9) Lippershey invented the reflecting telescope, Galileo invented the refracting telescope.

Incorrect
Correct


10) Galileo invented a ...

spectroscope
stereoscope
sector



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