Unit 13 Test Review

The work by people such as Nicolaus Copernicus, Andreas Vesalius, and William Harvey in the Scientific Revolution was made possible by advances during the

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Age of Exploration

• Protestant Reformation.

Sir Isaac Newton revolutionized the way people understood the universe in the seventeenth century when he proved that the

• earth revolves around the sun

• planets revolve around the sun

• planets are held in place by an invisible shield

• sun's gravity keeps the planets within their orbits

Which of these BEST describes the initial reaction of the Catholic Church to the knowledge developed during Scientific Revolution?

• Evolution should not be taught

• Scientists should not question the word of God

• The theories back up the teachings of the Bible

• Faith no longer has a place in scientific study

Which person is CORRECTLY matched with his area of scientific accomplishment?

• Galileo: "Law of Gases"

• Kepler: planetary orbits

• Newton: blood circulation

• Copernicus: "First Law of Motion"

Which scientific thinker posed theories that brought him into direct conflict with the Catholic Church?

• Francis Bacon

• Galileo

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton all supported which idea from the Scientific Revolution?

• law of gravity

• geocentric theory

• heliocentric theory

• law of planetary motion

· 16th century Polish astronomer, mathematician, and scholar

· proposed that the Sun was the center of the universe

· often credited with beginning the Scientific Revolution

All of these are describing

• Copernicus

• Descartes

• Galileo

• Voltaire

Sir Isaac Newton is MOST associated with which of these?

• Laws of Motion

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Theory of Empiricism

In the early 17th century, Galileo Galilei was convicted of heresy for claiming that Earth revolved around the Sun. This conviction was an example of

• the usage of the scientific method

• Galileo's hatred for the Catholic Church

• early conflicts between religion and science

• the importance of the Protestant Reformation

Who was famously put under house arrest because he challenged the Catholic Church and its teachings by introducing new scientific ideas?

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

• Einstein