Scientific Revolution

Scientific Revolution

A. Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist

B. Theorized the solar system was geocentric

Ptolemy (100-170 AD)

1. Geocentric means the Earth is in the center and the sun, moon, and planets orbit the Earth.

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Heliocentric

Multiple Choice

According to Ptolemy, the solar system was

• Heliocentric

• Lunarcentric

• Geocentric

• Solarcentric

Multiple Choice

What is the geocentric model?

• A model of the universe where the Sun is at the center
• A model of the universe where Mars is at the center
• A model of the universe where the Moon is at the center
• A model of the universe where Earth is at the center

1. Polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon.

2. Theorized the solar system is heliocentric

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)

1. The heliocentric model places the sun at the Center of the solar system.

2. Copernicus also theorized the planes orbit the sun in a perfectly circular orbit

Heliocentric

Multiple Choice

According to Copernicus, the solar system is

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Lunarcentric

• Solarcentric

Multiple Choice

What is the heliocentric model?

• A model of the solar system with the Sun at the center.
• A model of the solar system with the Earth at the center.
• A model of the solar system with multiple suns.
• A model of the solar system with the Moon at the center.

1. Astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath

2. First to report telescopic observations of the mountains on the moon, the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the rings of Saturn

Galileo (1564-1642)

1. He claimed Copernicus's heliocentric model was scientific law.

Galileo

Multiple Choice

What theory did Galileo prove?

• heliocentrism
• quantum mechanics
• Newton's laws of motion
• geocentrism

1. astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music

2. 3 Lawes of Planetary motion

3. Theorized planets orbits are NOT circular, but elliptical

Johannes Kepler

Multiple Choice

What is Kepler most famous for?

• theory of relativity
• invention of the telescope
• laws of planetary motion
• discovery of the Heliocentric model

Multiple Choice

How do planets orbit the sun according to Kepler?

• In circular paths
• In random paths
• In straight lines
• In elliptical paths

1. mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author

2. Discoveries in optics (white light composition) and mathematics (calculus), it is his formulation of the three laws of motion—the basic principles of modern physics

Isac Newton (1642-1726)

Multiple Choice

What was Isaac newton most famous for?

• laws of motion and universal gravitation
• discovery of penicillin
• invention of the telephone
• theory of relativity