Age of Enlightenment - Sci. Rev

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

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.

• Ptolemy
• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• Nicolaus Copernicus

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

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• earthcentric
• world's worst

What did Galileo Improve?

• The astrolabe
• the stars
• The Telescope
• cat food.

During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

• King
• Family
• Church
• Sir Salami 

Which scientist developed laws of motion?  

• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Galileo
• Newton

The English philosopher who proposed the Scientific Method.

• Sir Francis Bacon
• Voltaire
• Thomas Hobbes
• hypothesis

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The Scientific Revolution can best be described as:

• A period when scientists embraced the teachings of the Church
• The time when the Catholic Church empathized most with scientists 
• period when scientists began to question the old teachings of the Church
•  Scientific property invented by astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the Earth

Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the Laws of:

• Electricity
• Motion and gravity
• Human biology
• Astronomy