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The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All of the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution except __.

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo Galilei
• Johannes Kepler

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

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• earthcentric
• world's worst

What is the first step to the scientific method?

• Make a hypothesis 
• State a question or problem
• Do the experiment
• Analyze the data 

What is the heliocentric theory?

• There is no sun
• The sun is smaller than the Earth
• The sun is the center of the universe
• The Earth in the center of the universe

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  

• That Jupiter had four moons
• That the planets revolved around the earth 
• That the sun was the biggest star
• That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to challenge the church and develop the idea that the universe is ______________

• Earth centered
• Mars centered
• Sun centered
• beautiful 

Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  

• That heaven did not exist
• That Earth revolved around the sun
• Against the law of gravity
• That the sun revolved around the Earth