Scientific Revolution Quiz

This occurs when things combine well with each other to form a whole.

• rationalism

• anatomy

• dissection

• harmony

This describes a method scientists use to understand the world.

• humanist

• rationalism

• nationalism

• Renaissance

This states that the Earth is the center of the universe.

• heliocentric theory

• dissecton

• geocentric theory

• harmony

This involves the use of reason or logical thought.

• rationalism

• anatomy

• Renaissance

• humanist

This is the structure of living things.

• dissection

• harmony

• anatomy

• rationalism

This is cutting open plants or animals to study their parts.

• biology

• neurology

• anatomy

• dissection

What is the term for the spirit of questioning that challenged classical scientific and Christian ideas?

• Counter Reformation

• scientific method

• Scientific Revolution

• universal gravitation

What theory states that gravity acts on all objects throughout the universe?

• heliocentric universe

• scientific revolution

• universal gravitation

• universal law

Which of the following is true of the Scientific Revolution?

• It led to an explosion of new ideas.

• It led to a return to classical science.

• It gave the Catholic Church more influence.

• It gave the kings and nobility more power.

Which of the following was developed by Isaac Newton?

• the heliocentric theory

• the scientific method

• the theory of scientific rationalism

• the theory of universal gravitation