Scientific Revolution Vocabulary

5. Why would Galileo have made this statement?

Because he doesn't approved with Copernicus and the catholic church.

3b. According to the cartoon how does Galileo's observation of Aristotle's "perfect" moon differ?

Completely different objects in space from what everyone else thought or taught or believed. Most people would not even look through a telescope, thinking it was an evil creation that did not show the truth.

2b. How does the excerpt portray Copernicus as renaissance humanist?

Copernicus changed the way we look at the planet.

2a. What ideas did Copernicus call into question?

Copernicus tried a new model of the planets' movements among the fixed stars, by placing the Sun at the centre instead of the Earth. This idea called into question the established theory of Ptolemy that had been used for 1400 years and had been incorporated into religious beliefs.

3c. According to this cartoon what is the Catholic church's view of Galileo's observations of the moon and laws of motion that supported Copernicus's heliocentric model?

The Catholic church didn't approved.

3a. The Greek philosopher and astronomer Aristotle theorized that moon and stars were made of pure and perfect substance, and were perfect spheres. Why would the catholic church have supported Aristotle's claim?

The Church went by what the Bible says--God made the heavens and what was in it.

1. What is the major difference between the Heliocentric model and Geocentric model?

The Difference is that a heliocentric model says that the sun is in the center but not the exact center and all the other planets and the moon orbit the sun. But a geocentric model states that the earth was in the center and that the sun moon and stars all went around earth.

4a) What "truth" was discovered by Galileo that is depicted burning in the fire with him?

the "truth" discovered by Galileo that is depicted burning in the fire with him. Heliocentric is the idea that Earth and the other planets in our galaxy revolve around the Sun. The fire in the picture represents the sun, with the surrounding people representing the planets and the Earth's moon.