Scientific Revolution

Multiple Choice

When was did the Scientific Revolution begin?

• 1400s

• 1500's

• 1600's

• 1700's

Reorder

Put the scientific method in the correct order:

• Observations

• Question

• Hypothesis

• Prediction

• Test or additional observations

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Match

Match the following

• Permitted people to study beyond religion, promoted human achievement

• Questioning religious doctrine permitted questioning of church-approved science

• New discoveries, technologies create interest in science, travel

Renaissance Humanism

Protestant Reformation

Age of Exploration

• Renaissance Humanism

• Protestant Reformation

• Age of Exploration

Multiple Choice

A radical theory of the scientific revolution which proposed that the earth and other planets orbit the sun.

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Solarcentric Theory

• Geostationary Theory

Multiple Choice

What did Galileo radically improve that allowed him to study the moon and other planets?

• Microscope

• Camera Obscura

• Telescope

• Zoom lens

-Albert Einstein

It was Galileo’s longing for a mechanical proof of the motion of the earth which misled him into formulating a wrong theory of the tides. The fascinating arguments in the last conversation would hardly have been accepted as proofs by Galileo, had his temperament not got the better of him.

Open Ended

Explain one reason why the Catholic Church rejected Galileo's arguments for a heliocentric solar system.

Drag and Drop

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was able to elegantly prove the ​

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  theory with math, because he recognized that orbits are ​

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​   instead of being perfect circles.

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Kepler

heliocentric

elliptical

Galileo

spherical

geocentric

Multiple Choice

Who explained gravity, motion, light, heat, and created Calculus?

• Johannes Kepler

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicholas Copernicus

Open Ended

What important technology was not explored in the scientific revolution, but would change the world forever when it was finally explained and applied in the early 1800's?