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