Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

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

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 proposed a system of EXPERIMENTATION to find new truths through this type of scientific method.

• Newton

• Bacon

• Descartes

• Frisius

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

• Ptolemy
• Nicolaus
• Galileo
• Bacon

Scientist began questioning the teachings of the.......

• Roman Catholic Church
• Jewish Church
• God
• The Government

Scientist began using _____________ and _______________ instead of placing their beliefs in faith.

• History and faith
• Math and Science
• Math and History
• reason and logic