1. Galileo Galilei
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2. Galileo was
one of the
first modern
scientists. He
was born in
Pisa, Italy,
in 1564.

3. Galileo was one of the
first modern scientists.
He was born in Pisa,
Italy, in 1564.

5. At first he studied
philosophy, but later he
studied mathematics and
astronomy.

7. He was interested in the
way the earth and other
planets move around the
sun.

9. He found out several important facts
about our world. He also started a
new way of working in science.
Before Galileo, scientists did not do
experiments. They just guessed how
something happened. Galileo was
different. He did not just make
guesses. He did experiments and
watched to see what happened.

10. What was this paragraph about?

11. Galileo was famous for his study
of gravity (how and why things
fall). He was the first person to
do experiments about this
problem. Before, people thought
that heavy things always fell
faster than light things.

12. He took a heavy ball
and a light ball, and
dropped them both
from a high space.
They fell at the
same
speed.

13. This meant that weight
was not important. This
is the law of falling
bodies. It is an important
law for understanding
our world.

14. What was this paragraph about?
a. Galileo’s trouble because of
his scientific ideas.
b. The life and work of Galileo.
c. Science in the 1500’s

15. What was this paragraph about?
a. Galileo’s trouble because of
his scientific ideas. This is too
specific.
b. The life and work of Galileo.
This is correct.
c. Science in the 1500’s This is
too general.

16. The life of a scientist was not
always easy in the 1500’s. In
fact, Galileo got into trouble
because of his scientific ideas.
His ideas were not the same as
religious ideas of the time. Many
religious people disagreed with
him.

18. During his whole life,
he had to worry about
this. He even went to
prison for a while.

19. The trial of Galileo in 1633.

20. But no one could stop him
from thinking. He
continued to look for
scientific answers to his
questions about the world.

21. What was this paragraph about?
a. Galileo’s trouble because of
his scientific ideas.
b. The life and work of Galileo.
c. The trial of Galileo.

22. What was this paragraph about?
a. Galileo’s trouble because of
his scientific ideas. This is
correct.
b. The life and work of Galileo.
This is too general.
c. The trial of Galileo. This is too
specific.