Quiz 13-3 Science and Society

Francis Bacon is credited for believed all of the following EXCEPT.............. (chart on p. 365)

• Scientists should observe the world and gather information about it.

• Scientists can conduct experiments to gather data

• Doubt everything until it can be proven with reason

• Scientists can develop theories to explain their data then test them through more experiments

Rene Descartes is credited for believed all of the following EXCEPT......... (chart P.365)

• Doubt everything until it can be proven with reason.

• The natural world operates like a machine and follows basic physical laws.

• Scientists can conduct experiments to gather data.

• Individual existence is the one acceptable truth "I think therefore I am".

................... is a series of STEPS taken to accomplish a task.

• hypothesis

• materials

• conclusion

• procedure

.................... is a step by step method for performing experiments and other scientific research.

• experiments

• scientific method

• procedure

• hypothesis

The 4th step in the scientific method is forming a ................., or a solution that the scientist proposes to solve a problem.

• problem

• theory

• hypothesis

• analysis

What does the following Sir Isaac Newton quote mean? "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulder of Giants." (P.366)

• You can see farther by standing on something tall.

• One of his scientific discoveries was a race of Giants.

• His discovery of the telescope enabled him to see farther.

• He has learned more based upon work that others have done.

The idea that all people were governed by the same laws, then it stood to reason that all men must be equal. This idea of equality led to the development of.......

• Democracy

• Communism

• Socialism

• Oligarchy

What was the church court that put Galileo on trial for speaking against the Catholic church's belief?

• supreme court

• Catholic court

• Inquisition

• the people's court

Galileo was put on trial because he believed that the _____________ revolved around the ______________, which was the opposite of what the Catholic Church believed.

• Earth, Sun

• Earth, Moon

• Moon, Sun

• Sun, Earth

Which of the following are reasons why the church feared scientists disproving long believed church beliefs about the world? CHOOSE 2

(P. 368)

• this could lead to people doubting key elements of the faith

• this could lead to people to join the church

• this could lead to people reading the Bible

• this could lead to to undermine the Church's influence