Galileo Galilei, the Father of Modern Science (Class6th)

 Q#1: Who was Galileo? When and where was he born?

Ans#1: Galileo was a brilliant mathematician, scientist and astronomer. He was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564.

Q#2: Where did Galileo receive his education?

Ans#2: Galileo went to a school at a monastery and got educated by Monks.

Q#3: Explain what people used to believe would happen when two objects were dropped from a height before Galileo's experiment?

Ans#3: It was believed that if two objects were dropped from the same heights, the heavier one would land first. But Galileo proved it wrong by the Tower of Pisa Experiment.

Q#4: What discoveries did the telescope allow Galileo to make about space?

Ans#4: After inventing telescope, he was able to spot objects around distant planets. He was the first to see Moons orbiting Jupiter. Moreover he claimed that it is the Earth that went around the Sun .

Q#5: Who first believed that the sun travelled around the Earth?

Ans#5: Before the Galileo's claim, people believed that Sun went around the Earth.

Q#6: Which did Galileo discover about moon?

Ans#6: He discovered four objects orbiting the Jupiter and claimed them to be Moons. People disagreed with him and believed that they were stars but he said that those were moons as they disappeared regularly.

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