FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 06 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - GALILEO

 

Unit - 03

GALILEO

 

Come, let us talk about this story.

1)  Some sentences given below are NOT TRUE. Correct them and write them down, Discuss the points with your partner.

 

a) Learned men have always believed that the earth moved round the sun. (True / Not True)

Ans: Not true -Learned men believed that the earth was fixed in space and the sun and all other heavenly bodies went round it.

 

b)The first telescope ever made was invented by Lippershey. (True / Not True)

Ans:  True

 

c) Galileo thought a telescope would help him in his studies. (True / Not True)

Ans: True

 

d) Galileo watched the heavenly bodies in the clear night sky. (True / Not True)

Ans: True

 

e) The people of Venice also turned the “Looking Tube” towards the night sky. (True / Not True)

Ans: Not true

 

f) Galileo went on improving his telescopes. (True / Not True)

Ans: True

 

g) Copernicus had already said what Galileo was saying. (True / Not True)

Ans:  True

 

h) The Church set Galileo free because it finally agreed with his ideas. (True / Not True)

Ans:  Not True – The Church set Galileo free because he was an old man, he was allowed to go home twenty two days later.

 

2)  Talk to your partner about the points raised in these questions and then write down what you said.

 

a) How is our knowledge about the earth different from the knowledge of people, even learned men, some 400 years ago?

Ans: 400 years ago learned men believed that the earth was fixed in space and the sun and all other heavenly bodies went round it. But it is common knowledge today that the earth is a planet revolving round the sun.

 

b) Who corrected people’s thinking about our earth in the 17^th century?

Ans: Galileo Galilei corrected people’s thinking about our earth in the 17^th century.

 

c) What is Lippershey’s contribution to astronomy?

Ans: Lippershey’s contribution to field of astronomy was really great, he had invented the telescope, the instrument with which astronomers watch the skies.

 

d) What is the Milky Way?

Ans: The Milky Way is the broad white band of light seen across the sky at night and contains millions and millions of faint stars.

 

e) In what ways is the moon similar to the earth?

Ans: The moon’s surface, which seems so smooth, he saw high mountains and deep valleys like those on the earth.

 

f) Why was Galileo appointed professor at the University of Padua?

Ans: Galileo appointed professor at the University of Padua because the people of Venice saw ships fifty miles away appearing to be only fifteen miles off! When the telescope was shown to the ruler of Venice, he was greatly pleased with the invention.

 

g) What were the two important discoveries Galileo made with his much-improved telescope?

Ans: The two important discoveries Galileo made with his much improved telescope were he found that the planet Jupiter had little moons that revolved round it and found that the sun had spots upon it and that the spots slowly moved across its face. He found from this that the sun, like the earth, spins round itself.

 

h) Who had made discoveries similar to Galileo’s in the 16th century?

Ans: Copernicus, a Polish astronomer had made discoveries similar to Galileo in the 16^th century.

 

i) What trouble did Galileo bring upon himself by telling truths about the heavenly bodies?

Ans: When Galileo brought himself by telling truths about the heavenly bodies then learned men were excited as it meant that all own teaching was completely wrong and they began to oppose him and many of them became his enemies, even faced trouble from the church.

 

j) What is the humorous story about Galileo facing the Inquisition?

Ans: The humorous story about Galileo facing the Inquisition was that he knelt and declared that he no longer believed that the earth moved round the sun. As he rose from his knees, he whispered to himself, “But still it does move”

 

Focus on Grammar:

3) Rewrite the first sentence of paragraph 2 in three sentences.

a) A man called Lippershey, a native of Holland, invented the telescope.

b) He invented the telescope in the year 1608.

c) The telescope makes distant objects appear to be near and magnified several times over.

 

Rewrite this sentence in two sentences. (Each sentence must have seven words)
Galileo’s was the first telescope that was ever turned towards the stars.

a) Galileo first turned his telescope towards the stars.

b) No one invented the telescope before him.

 

4)  Re-order the jumbled words to make a sentence:

Seventeen words are given below. For the last two words only clues are given. Make a sentence using these words.
earth / but / include / trip / on / expensive / does / free / the / Living / is / it / a / around / sun / every / year.

 

a) Write down your sentence, punctuating it.
Ans: Living on earth is expensive but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.

 

b)  Read your sentence to your partner.

Ans: Read aloud (Living on earth is expensive but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.)

 

c) What does the word it refer to?
Ans: “It” refers to living on the earth.

 

d) Which word in your sentence should you emphasize? Read the sentence again stressing this word.
Ans: Free trips every year around the sun.

 

e) Did you get the joke? How many “free trips” have you made so far?
Ans: Yes, I go the joke.  As many trips as my age.

 

Pronunciation:

5) When you say the following words you stress the third syllable from the end.

as.’ tron. o. my; as.’ troi. o. gy; bi.’ ol. gy; ge.’ ol. o. gy; phi.’ los. o. phy; de.’ mo. gra. phy; phys. i.o.’ ther. a. py; dem. ‘o. era. cy; ar. is. ‘to. car. cy; plu. ‘to. cra. cy

Do not stress the consonant sound in the syllable. Stress the vowel sound. Practice saying the words.

 

6) Word Formation – with suffixes – er and – ist.

Now say the words for the scientists – Stress the third syllable from the end.
Example: astronomy – astronomer;
Say the words for the persons who believe in the systems. Stress the first syllable.

Example:   democracy – democrat;

Auto crazy – Autocrat

Sociology – Socialist

Meteorology – Meteorologist

Psychology – Psychologist

 

7) a) Work with your partner and fill in the blanks. Write down the appropriate words in the blanks.

Think of the names of some scientists and their inventions. We praise and honour scientists because their inventions are useful to us. But sometimes a scientist may face a truth about nature that may not be liked by some people. This is because of our ignorance and prejudice. In olden days, scientists even got into trouble for finding out truths. Galileo was an Italian astronomer. He got into trouble for telling some truths about the heavenly bodies.