Scientific Revolution

Scientific Revolution

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

• Francis Bacon

• Robert Boyle

• Rene Descartes

• William Harvey

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Steps to find scientific truth through observation and experiments is called

• logic

• scientific method

• deductive reasoning

• observation

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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?

• Kepler was close friends with the Pope

• Kepler was a protestant

• Kepler kept his views a secret

• Kepler was a kung fu warrior

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Andreas Vesalius achieved his breakthrough discoveries by

• experimenting with the properties of air

• trying to transform metals into gold

• illegally dissecting human bodies

• explaining heliocentric views of the universe

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Who established chemistry as a pure science?

• Robert Boyle

• William Harvey

• Isaac Newton

• Frances Bacon

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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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Most experts rejected the work of Copernicus because it

• was too far-fetched.

• was not based on experimentation.

• contradicted Ptolemy’s ideas.

• exaggerated the importance of the Earth.

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

• the ideas had caused him public ridicule.

• he found out he was wrong.

• he wished to do more research.

• the Church threatened him with death if he did not.

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Galen’s ancient works were incorrect in many aspects of

• human anatomy.

• archaeology.

• religion.

• architecture.

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Which of the following first demonstrated that blood circulates through the human body continuously?

• Robert Boyle

• Isaac Newton

• William Harvey

• Francis Bacon

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Which of Galileo's theories was most offensive to the Church?

• The theory that there were many more stars than had previously been observed

• The theory that earth was not the center of the universe

• The theory of the doctrine of uniformity

• The theory that gravity produces equivalent acceleration in falling bodies regardless of weight

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Which of the following published a book supporting the heliocentric theory?

• Galen

• Ptolemy

• Descartes

• Copernicus

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Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were

• Explorers

• Jews

• the catholic church & classical scholars

• monarchies

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Kepler's relationship to the Copernican thesis was to

• denounce Galileo for denying the church

• challenge it because it

• provide mathematical proof for it

• prove it by using the telescope

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An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. Who developed this first law of motion?

• Robert Boyle

• William Harvey

• Frances Bacon

• Isaac Newton

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Copernicus proposed which of the following?

• The Earth travels around the sun.

• The sun travels around the Earth.

• Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun.

• The Earth is the center of the universe.

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scientist who discovered the law of gravity

• Harvey

• Galileo

• Newton

• Bacon

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the belief that the earth is at the center of the universe

• heliocentric

• geocentric

• gravity

• scientific revolution

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a new way of thinking about the physical world that led to modern science

• hypothesis

• scientific revolution

• recant

• geocentric

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proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence

• gravity

• hypothesis

• indulgences

• Kepler

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he discovered four moons of Jupiter and that they orbited around Jupiter

• Galileo

• Newton

• Bacon

• Demario

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scientist who explained planets revolve around the sun and in ellipses

• Harvey

• Bacon

• Kepler

• Andreas

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belief that the sun is at the center of the universe

•  geocentric

• gravity

• heliocentric

• recant

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to give up one’s views(say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief)

• hypothesis

• recant

• utopian

• reformation