Scientific Revolution

Which term best defines the concept that the earth is the center of the universe?

• Heliocentric
• Geocentric
• Eurocentric
• Egotistical

Which term best defines the concept that the sun is the center of the universe?

• heliocentric
• geocentric
• Ethnocentric
• Eurocentric

The 6-step procedure based on observation and experimentation is called...  

• Planetary Model
• Philosophical Method
• Pavlov's Hierarchy of Needs
• the Scientific Method

He was a polish mathematician and astronomer who was first to determine that the sun was the center of the solar system.

• Galilieo

• Humes

• Copernicus

• Descartes

A German mathematician who was known for his laws of planetary motion in elliptical orbits around the sun.

• Leviticus

• Kepler

• Columbus

• Newton

Who was the Italian physicist and astronomer who proved that objects of different weights, if dropped from the same height, fell at the same rate of speec. He was also responsible discovering the law of the pendulum.

• Galileo

• Vesalius

• Hooke

• Boyle

Who was the English scientist who discovered the laws of gravitation?

• Galileo

• Newton

• Kepler

• Copernicus

Who created an improved telescope that confirmed the findings of Copernicus?

• Ptolemy
• Nicolaus
• Galileo
• Bacon

How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?

• By careful observation of nature and willingness to question old beliefs

• By reading classic literature

• By collecting samples of plant life

• By forming new government ideas

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons