Galileo Galilei Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. What was the name of Galileo’s daughter who corresponded with him?

1. Francesca
2. Anna
3. Maria Celeste
4. Giulia

17. Galileo improved which existing invention?

1. Barometer
2. Telescope
3. Clock
4. Microscope

18. What did Galileo observe about Venus that confirmed heliocentrism?

1. Its size
2. Its atmosphere
3. Its moons
4. Its phases

19. Which Pope was initially supportive of Galileo’s ideas?

1. Pope Pius V
2. Pope Leo X
3. Pope Paul V
4. Pope Urban VIII

20. What language did Galileo write most of his scientific works in?

1. Greek
2. French
3. Latin
4. Italian

21. Galileo invented a device to measure what?

1. Temperature
2. Time
3. Speed of light
4. Altitude

22. In which Italian city was Galileo born?

1. Pisa
2. Venice
3. Florence
4. Rome

23. What is Galileo famously known as?

1. Father of Modern Astronomy
2. Both 2 and 3
3. Father of Chemistry
4. Father of Modern Physics

24. Galileo observed the Milky Way was composed of what?

1. Galaxies
2. Gas
3. Clouds
4. Stars

25. Galileo’s findings laid the foundation for which field?

1. General relativity
2. Electromagnetism
3. Classical mechanics
4. Quantum mechanics

26. Which tool did Galileo develop to improve navigation?

1. Thermometer
2. Hydrostatic balance
3. Compass
4. Astrolabe

27. Galileo became the head mathematician in which city-state?

1. Florence
2. Milan
3. Venice
4. Pisa

28. How did Galileo test his theories on motion?

1. Experiments
2. All of the above
3. Thought experiments
4. Mathematical calculations

29. Galileo was a professor of mathematics at which university?

1. University of Florence
2. University of Padua
3. University of Bologna
4. University of Pisa

30. Galileo’s ideas on motion influenced which scientist?

1. James Clerk Maxwell
2. Michael Faraday
3. Isaac Newton
4. Albert Einstein