Scientific Revolution Quiz 2019

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

• law of gravity

• geocentric theory

• heliocentric theory

• law of planetary motion

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

Developments in algebra, medicine, and astronomy that became the roots of the Scientific Revolution came from which group of people?

• Chinese scholars

• Hindu scientists

• Muslim scientists

• Buddhists philosophers

Copernicus' heliocentric view of the universe was different from popular scientific views of the 16th century because

• Most people thought there was no outside universe

• Humans were thought to be at the mercy of the gods

• The moon was thought to be the center of the universe, rather than the sun

• They believed the Earth was the center of the universe, rather than the sun.

The earliest known telescope was created in the Netherlands in the early 17th century. It would have been MOST helpful in

• confirming Newton's law of gravity

• proving Galileo's heliocentric theory

• studying the William Harvey's theory of the circulatory system

• validating Sir Francis Bacon's belief in the Scientific Method

Which term describes the era when new ideas in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry, and other sciences led to a rejection of superstitions and beliefs that had existed since ancient times?

• The Renaissance

• The Middle Ages

• Age of Exploration

• Age of Scientific Revolution

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 of the Catholic Church

• early conflicts between religion and science

• the importance of the Protestant Reformation.

One of the earliest functional microscopes was created by Englishman Robert Hooke. Which of these would his invention have been MOST useful in studying?

• Galileo's heliocentric theory

• Sir Isaac Newton's law of motion

• Nicolaus Copernicus' model of the universe

• William Harvey's theory of the circulatory system

Which is one way that Muslim scholars contributed to the Scientific Revolution?

• by emphasizing faith over reason

• by discovering the laws of gravity

• by translating and preserving Greek knowledge in books

• by developing the theory that the earth revolves around the sun

· 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