Scientific Revolution

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth

• Was the center of the Universe

• Was the biggest star

•  Had many moons

During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.

• Ptolemy

• Francis Bacon

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

• geocentric

• heliocentric

• earthcentric

• world's worst

The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.

• geocentric

• heliocentric

• solar

• sunny

What is the first step to the scientific method?

• Make a hypothesis 

• State a question or problem

• Do the experiment

• Analyze the data 

Who created the heliocentric theory?

• Copernicus

• Galileo 

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

Who created the geocentric theory?

• Issac Newton

• Ptolemy 

• Copernicus

• Galileo

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

During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

• King

• Family

• Church

• Sir Salami 

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

• The astrolabe

• the stars

• The Telescope

• cat food.