Scientific Revolution

Life has always improved, although sometimes only very slightly, from generation to generation.

• True

• False

“Like the ____________________, the Scientific Revolution was another break with religious teachings. The Catholic Church taught that the earth was the center of the universe.”

According to early Catholic beliefs, what traveled around the Earth?

• Sun

• Planets

• Moon

• God

Nicholas Copernicus “determined that the universe was ________________________.”

What did Copernicus believe was the center of the universe?

• Sun

• Moon

• Earth

• God

Galileo invented the

• microscope

• telescope

After Galileo went and taught the clergy in Rome about his discovery, they accepted that his conclusions were accurate and supported him.

• True

• False

William Harvey “pronounced the heart to be a ________________________.”

Newton practiced alchemy.

• True

• False

Newton is known for the Law of ______.

• Direction

• Acceleration

• Motion

• Degression