Scientific Revolution

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Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued: That Earth revolved around the sun

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That Earth revolved around the sun

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According to Copernicus, the sun

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Was the center of the Universe

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During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

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geocentric

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The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.

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heliocentric

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What is the first step to the scientific method? Options: Make a hypothesis, State a question or problem, Do the experiment, Analyze the data

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State a question or problem

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What did Galileo Improve? Options: The astrolabe, the stars, The Telescope, cat food.

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The Telescope

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What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory? Options: That Jupiter had four moons, That the planets revolved around the earth, That the sun was the biggest star, That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

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That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

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_____________________ was an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which then confirmed Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory

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Galileo Galilei

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Nicolaus Copernicus used _________________ to come up with his theory.

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Mathematical formulas