Scientific Revolution

The birth of modern science is called what?

• The Renaissance

• The Reformation

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Age of Discovery

The Scientific Revolution occurred between

• 1929

• 1878

• 1220

• 1540-1700

The word science comes from the Latin word

What does the word theory mean?

What is alchemy?

• The study of gold

• The mining of gold

• a forerunner of chemistry that sought to change other metals into gold.

• Chemistry

Ptolemy was

• a poet

• a scientist

• a cartographer

• a doctor

Sir Isaac Newton

• developed laws that explained much of the natural world.

• discovered the barometer

• invented the microscope

• thought the earth was flat

Why was their a conflict between the Catholic Church and the ideas of the Scientific Revolution?

Where was Christopher Columbus supposed to sail?

• The Bahamas

• Greece

• China

• Asia

In 1543 ___________ published a book that contradicted what Ptolemy had written.