Scientific Revolution Review Part 1

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When did the Scientific Revolution begin?

*Select all that apply.

• 1500's-1700's

• 1400's-1800's

• Before the Renaissance

• During the late Renaissance

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Review: The movement during the Renaissance away from religion and towards focusing on people and culture was known as

• Theories

• Scientific Revolution

• Humanism

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

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• earthcentric
• world's worst

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During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

• King
• Family
• Church
• Sir Salami 

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

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• solar
• sunny

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The definition of science is:

• A word that is derived from the Latin word meaning "knowledge" or "understanding".

• The identification of the substances of which matter is composed.

• The study of space and celestial bodies.

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These are the people like Aristotle, Ptolemy, and other Greek thinkers who looked at the world in a reasonable and logical way.

• Humanists

• Rationalists

• Fashionistas

• Videogamists

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The path around the sun is known as an ________________.

• orbit
• rotation
• season
• equinox

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Why is summer warmer than winter? *Select all that apply.

• The planet Earth is tilted closer toward the sun during this season.

• The entire planet is closer to the sun during summer
• The sun radiates more energy during the summer
• The earth spins slower on its axis during the summer

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365 days (plus 6 hours) is the time it takes ________________________________________________.

• the moon to complete its phases.

• Earth to complete 12 rotations around its axis

• Earth to complete one revolution around the sun.

• the moon to complete one revolution around the Earth.

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When we add one extra day to the calendar every four years...

• the axis of Earth is tilted.

• the gravitational pull of the Sun affects Earth's revolution.

• the revolution of Earth is more than 365 days creating a Leap Year.

• the axis of Earth’s orbit is parallel to its orbit

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Which of the following is a direct result of Earth’s rotation on its axis?

• Lunar eclipses

• Winter weather

• Daytime and night

• seasons

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What controls the length of a day?

• the amount of time it takes Earth to turn 24 hours on its axis.

• the amount of time it takes Earth to complete an

  orbit around the sun

• the amount of time it takes the moon to complete

  an orbit around Earth

• the amount of time it takes the sun to complete

  a turn on its axis

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Who Is Nicolaus Copernicus?

• Somebody

• An Astronomer who created the Geocentric Theory

• A Women

• An Astronomer who created the Heliocentric Theory

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According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• was the center of the Universe

• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

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What is the most likely explanation for why Copernicus published his ideas when he he was about to die?

• He was eager to make a name for himself

• He still had doubts about the heliocentric model

• He was reluctant to contradict the Church because he feared being killed.

• He needed a new source of income

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Took data collected with his mentor Tycho Brahe and developed 3 laws of planetary motion and elliptical orbits.

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Newton

• Galileo

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Johannes Kepler improved Copernicus’s theories by

• Introducing the concept of a heliocentric universe

• Initially questioning the theory of crystalline spheres

• Demonstrating that planets have elliptical (oval-like) orbits.