21.1 The Scientific Revolution

[Preview] T/F: The SUN orbits around the EARTH.

• TRUE

• FALSE

[p1] How did Medieval "natural philosophers" gain their scientific knowledge?

• They relied on ancient writers, especially Aristotle.

• They made observations of nature.

• They used their imaginations.

• They relied on the Bible & the teachings of the Catholic Church.

[p1] Which of the following made it possible for scientists to practice direct observation?

• the printing press

• the telescope & microscope

• natural philosophers

• Greek thinkers

[p1-2] What academic discipline was seen as the "key to understanding the nature of things in the universe"?

• Mathematics

• Geography

• History

• Astronomy

[p2] Which of these diagrams shows the Ptolemaic system?

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[p3] The root "helio-" in heliocentric means...

[p3] Copernicus argued that the planets revolved around the...

• Sun.

• Earth.

• Black Hole.

• Devil.

[p3] _____ was a mathematician who showed that the orbits of the planets were elliptical. (hint: His name has six letters.)

[p3] What discoveries, never before seen by humans, did Galileo make using regular observations through a telescope? Read the text carefully to learn the correct choices.

• Mountains on Earth's moon

• Four moons around Jupiter

• Sunspots

• The Big Dipper constellation

• Dinosaur fossils

[p4] The Catholic Church attacked Galileo because he defended they system that said the _______ revolved around the ______.

• Earth... Sun

• Sun... Earth

• Stars... Moon

• Moon... Earth