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                                           Galileo Galilei
                                    Astronomer, Physicist
                                        1564 -    1642

1.  What prompted Galileo's thinking about pendulums? __________________________

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2.  What is Galileo's Theory of Falling Objects and how did he test it?

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3. What is the Ptolemaic Theory? ______________________________________________

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4. What is the Copernican Theory? _____________________________________________

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5.  How did Aristotle and Galileo differ in their view of the universe?

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6.  Define "heliocentrism".  ____________________________________________________

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7. What is "heresy" and why was Galileo condemned for it?

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