Renaissance Science and Inventions

What invention by Johannes Gutenberg had a huge impact on how information could be shared throughout Europe?

• The internet

• The Printing Press

• The Telephone

• The Telegraph

• Paper

The science of astronomy had many breakthroughs during the Renaissance. What did astronomers study?

• The human body

• animals

• The elements

• The stars and outer space

• The Ocean

What was the scientific method?

• Using controlled experiments to prove a theory

• A new way of organizing various forms of life

• An invention like the telescope

• All of the above

• None of the above

What Renaissance scientist is considered the father of the scientific method?

• Copernicus.

• Leonardo da Vinci.

• Kepler

• Descartes

• Galileo

True or False: Many of the artists in Renaissance times were also interested in science and inventing.

• True

• False

What was the Scientific Revolution?

• A time when people rebelled against science of all kinds

• A time when science and mathematics made great strides

• A time when the scientists revolted against the leaders of Italy

• All of the above

• None of the above

What was it called when people tried to find a special substance that would allow them to make gold?

• Astronomy

• Wizardry

• Alchemy

• Geometry

• Crazy

What invention did research by Galileo into the pendulum help to develop?

• Telescope

• Cannon

• Flushing toilet

• Clock

• Wrench

What did the invention of cannons put an end to?

• Muskets

• Bullets

• Castles

• Towns

• Wars

What invention took advantage of the improvement of lenses?

• Telescope

• Eyeglasses

• Microscope

• All of the above

• None of the above