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natalie2426

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A discovery made by Galileo was the
 
  a. development of the calculus.
  b. fallacy of the existence of sunspots and the phases of Venus.
  c. five moons revolving around Pluto.
  d. similarity of the material composition of other planets and the moon to that of the earth.
  e. totally flat terrain of the earth's moon.

Question 2

The Ptolemaic view of the universe believed all of the following to be true except
 
  a. the planets were believed to be imperfect and material.
  b. the imperfect, motionless earth was in a state of constant change at the center of the universe.
  c. heavenly bodies, composed of a crystalline substance, resided in concentric spheres that moved in circular orbits around the earth.
  d. God and all the saved souls resided in the Empyrean Heaven that lay beyond the outermost, or tenth, sphere.
  e. God and the saved souls were at one end of the universe and humans at the center.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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