Biography of Galileo

2. At first, Galileo went to university to study _____.
7. Galileo wanted to test the principals of the real world, and his methods laid the foundation for the _____ ______ (two words).
9. The paper Galileo published about space was called The Starry _______.
11. He studied the phases of this planet
13. Galileo discovered these around Jupiter
15. One of Galileo’s occupations
16. Galileo studied this man’s work about the universe, even though it was controversial.
17. Galileo tried to explain how pendulums, levers, balls, and other objects moved using mathematical _____.
18. In the last few years of his life, Galileo went ______.

1. The advanced measuring device Galileo invented
3. When he dropped things off the Tower of Pisa, he was testing the speed of ______, and if it was affected by weight of an object. (It isn’t.)
4. Galileo made the church so mad with his theories that they tried to send him to _____.
5. Galileo improved this invention, and his version became most widely used in Europe.
6. The city Galileo was born in
8. Galileo’s father was a famous _______.
10. At object, like a ball (or a lamp in this story) that swings back and forth in time
12. He learned that the moon was not ______ but was instead covered in craters
14. Galileo thought this planet wasn’t actually round.