Galileo
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. telescope
A. Someone who is the first to think of or make something
2. invention
B. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
3. microscope
C. Measuring instrument for measuring temperature
4. zodiac
D. Twinkling lights in the night sky
5. thermometer
E. The creation of something in the mind
6. galileo
F. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic
7. science
G. Study of the natural world through experiments
8. inventor
H. Study of what happened in the past
9. history
I. Magnifier of the image of small objects
10. stars
J. Natural satellite that orbits the Earth
11. planets
K. Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (plural)
12. moon
L. A magnifier of images of distant objects