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How did Galileo first prove Aristotle wrong about something?: He said that in hailstorms, bigger hailstones fall faster than smaller ones. Yet, when Galileo carefully watched hail falling from the sky, he thought aristotle might have been wrong
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How did Galileo's discoveries affect the church leaders?: They shocked and angered them
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How did the telescope make a difference in astronomers view of the universe?: a closer view of stars and planets
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How did these discoveries affect Galileo's view of the universe?: They convinced him that Copernicus' heliocentric view was correct and that the geocentric view was wrong
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What did Galileo decide to do in the face of this challenge?: He denied believing in the heliocentric view, returned home and never spoke publicly about it again
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What discoveries Galileo make through his new telescope?: Rough surfaced moon, many more heavenly objects, stars and the moon. Also evidence of the earths rotation and movement around the sun and other planets
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What is gravity? Why is it necessary to heliocentric universe?: The force of attraction between 2 objects; it is necessary to hold people and objects to a spinning earth and to keep the planets around the sun in an orderly motion
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What is one of his greatest contributions to our scientific knowledge about earth?: A scientist who built on the work of Galileo
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What is the new scientific method?: A way of studying and posing questions about things and nature and testing ideas about them for truth and possibility
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What were some of Galileo's inventions?: World's first thermometer and telescope
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When did the geocentric view of the universe originate?: In ancient times
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Who was Galileo Galilei?: Was born in 1564 in the Italian city of Pisa.
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Who was isaac newton?: He was the first to describe the idea of gravity
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Why did the roman catholic church try Galileo and threaten him with torture?: His heliocentric view opposed the churches geocentric view