Scientific Revolution Flashcard

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Who was one of the fathers of modern philosophy who deduced one unshakable truth, “I think, therefore I am?

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René Descartes

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Why didn’t Johannes Kepler have to worry about being tried for heresy when he agreed with Copernicus’ views of the universe?

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Kepler was protestant

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Copernicus proposed which of the following? The sun travels around the Earth., Gravity keeps the planets in orbit, The Earth travels around the sun., The Earth is the center of the universe.

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The Earth travels around the sun.

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Steps to find scientific truth through observation and experiments is called

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scientific method

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Andreas Vesalius achieved his breakthrough discoveries by

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dissectioning human bodies

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Who established chemistry as a pure science?

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Robert Boyle

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Which of the following stressed the use of experiments and observation in seeking knowledge?
Bacon, Aristotle, Copernicus, Petrarch

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Bacon

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Most experts rejected the work of Copernicus because it

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contradicted Ptolemy’s ideas.

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Galileo had to withdraw his theories about the Earth’s rotation because

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the Church threatened him with death if he did not.

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Galens’ ancient works were incorrect in many aspects of

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human anatomy