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Which statement describes the controversy caused by Galileo's heliocentric
theory?
A. Government officials disapproved of Galileo's ideas for fear they
would lead to civil unrest.
B. Scientists disputed Galileo's evidence that Earth was located in the
center of the universe.
C. Education leaders criticized Galileo's calculations because they
were not conducted at a university,
D. Church leaders opposed Galileo's ideas because they were
different from religious teachings.

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

Church leaders opposed Galileo's ideas because they were

different from religious teachings is controversy caused by Galileo's heliocentric theory. Thus the correct option is D.

What is Galileo's heliocentric theory?

The discoveries which Galileo made using his telescopes helped to prove that sun is the centre of the solar system and not the earth. His observations strongly supported a sun centred model called as the heliocentric model.

In year 1616 the enquiry declared heliocentrism to be formally heretical. Galileo went on to propose a theory of tides in 1616, and of comets in 1619 and he argued that the tides were evidence for the motion of the earth.

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