Scientific Revolution

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Which scientist first demonstrated that blood circulates throughout the human body continuously?

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Harvey

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Which ancient Greek created the concepts of astronomy that dominated the Middle Ages? Options: Galileo, Newton, Copernicus, Ptolemy

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Ptolemy

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What does heliocentric mean?

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The sun is at the center of the universe

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Who discovered the laws of gravity?

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Newton

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How did the Catholic Church influence the Scientific Revolution?

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They charged scientists with heresy.

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What is the scientific method?

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a procedure for scientists to follow when coming up with new scientific theories

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Seventeenth-century scholars faced serious challenges to their scientific theories because their ideas

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contradicted traditional medieval European beliefs

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Which statement about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate? Options: The existence of natural laws was rejected, Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe, New ideas supported the geocentric theory of Ptolemy, The Bible was used to justify new scientific findings

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Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe

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Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on experimentation and observation.

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experimentation and observation

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The geocentric theory

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proposed the Earth was the center of the universe