Chapter 2 Interia

Question 0

What idea of Aristotle’s did Galileo demolish

Answer 0

He demolished the idea that “heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones”

Question 1

When did Galileo study

Answer 1

Galileo studied in early 1500’s

Question 2

How did he prove it

Answer 2

He proved it by dropping from the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Question 3

What effects the objects of different weights fell from the same amount of time

Answer 3

Air friction

Question 4

What tested ideas did he and therefore was the beginning of modern science

Answer 4

Experimenting

Question 5

What experiment did Galileo use

Answer 5

Galileo used ball and ramp to learn that objects at rest tend to stay at rest and that objects that are moving tend to remain moving

Question 6

What is inertia

Answer 6

Inertia is the force that keeps an object moving even after a force in no longer being imposed on the object or the “force” that keeps resting objects of rest.

Question 7

Galileo’s experiments

Answer 7

Slope downward will cause speed increase due to gravity
Slope upward will cause speed decrease because of gravity
No slope speed will remain constant because the ball is not rolling with or against the vertical force or gravity