Ch. 20.1 The Scientific Revolution

The series of events that led to the birth of modern science.

• scientific revolution

• scientific awakening

• The Great Science Push

• None of These

The explanations scientists develop to explain observed facts are called what?

• guesses

• theories

• hypotheses

• random thoughts from their brains

Reasoned, well thought out

• logical

• observational

• factual

• emotional

The study of the natural, rather than divine, world

• Christianity

• egoism

• Humanism

• Eigenfeldism

A forerunner to chemistry, this often involved experiments to turn common metals into gold.

• astromony

• alimony

• anarchy

• alchemy

Greek thinker who wrote about astronomy, geography, and other high level studies.

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Mrs. McClellan

• Martin Luther

In what direction did Columbus sail in his attempt to get to Asia?

• North

• West

• East

• None of these, he drilled a hole into the earth

He suggested the planets moved around the sun in circular orbits.

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Mr. Eigenfeld

Elliptical means circular

• true

• false

He was the first scientist to regularly use experiments to test his theories.

• Newton

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Kepler