Scientific Revolution Prior Knowledge Quiz

Nicolaus Copernicus proposed this theory, that the sun was the center of the solar system

• Heliocentric
• Geocentric
• Sun Theory
• Copernicum Theory

The law of universal gravitation was explained by

• Francis Bacon
• Nicolas Copernicus 
• Isaac Newton
• Johannes Kepler

Improvement in medicine and scientific instruments were effects of

• The Enlightenment
• The Renaissance
• The Scientific Revolution
• The Middle Ages

Enlightenment ideals had little or no impact on Europe and the rest of the world.

• True
• False

What era most inspired people in the Enlightenment to apply reason to society and government?

• The Protestant Reformation

• The Age of Exploration

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Renaissance

__________________ studied planetary movements and developed the Heliocentric Theory.

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

• Newton

The invention of the _______________________ helped spread old and new ideas

• Printing Press

• Microscope

• Thermometer

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1. Before the 1500's, most scholars believed in the ________________ Theory and that the earth was an ________________ object located at the center of the universe.

• Geocentric; Rotational

• Heliocentric; Immovable

• Geocentric; Immovable

What did tool did Galileo improve to help him study the skies?

• The astrolabe

• the stars

• The Telescope

• cat food.

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  

• That Jupiter had four moons
• That the planets revolved around the earth 
• That the sun was the biggest star
• That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun