Scientific Revolution

Which statement about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate?

• The existence of natural laws was rejected.
• Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe.
• New ideas supported the geocentric theory of Ptolemy.
• The Bible was used to justify new scientific findings.

Seventeenth-century scholars Galileo Galilei and René Descartes faced serious challenges to their scientific theories because their ideas

• were based on the Bible
• contradicted traditional European beliefs
• relied only on teachings from non-Christian cultures
• were not supported by scientific investigations

The Church proposed which of the following?

• the sun travels around the earth
• Earth travels around the sun
• gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun
  
• earth is the center of the universe

Scientists who published works contrary (opposite) to the beliefs of the Church

• risked being arrested, tried, and executed by the Inquisition
• were awarded medals of honor
• were allowed to use the Church’s printing press to spread their new findings
• preached that God gave them the wisdom to study the universe
  

Which best describes the scientific method in the appropriate steps?

• analyze data, research, and experiment
• experiment, research, question, and analyze data
• question, hypothesize, experiment, analyze data
• research, analyze data, and experiment if needed

Francis Bacon, Galileo, and Isaac Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on

• experimentation and observation
• the experiences of past civilizations
• emotions and feelings
• the teachings of the Catholic Church

Which pair of ideas was central to the Scientific Revolution?

• social stability and economic self-sufficiency
• observation and experimentation
• technology and military expansion
• scarcity and interdependence

The heliocentric model and the development of inductive reasoning are associated with which revolution?

• Neolithic
• Agricultural
• Green
• Scientific

How did the scientific revolution change the thinking about the physical universe

• scientists now based their theories on the writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans
  
• scientists now used common sense to guide their theories
• scientists now based their theories on observation and experimentation
  
• scientists now relied on religious teachings to prove their theories

Copernicus proposed which of the following?

• the sun travels around the earth
• Earth travels around the sun
• gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun
• earth is the center of the universe