The Scientific Revolution

Johann Gutenberg invented...

• calligraphy

• the astrolabe

• the printing press

• woodblock printing

Which theory originally stated that the sun was the center of the solar system?

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Eurocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory (with planets orbiting in ellipses)

Nicolaus Copernicus (pictured) and Johannes Kepler have what in common? (TWO answers)

• They were both astronomers.

• They both believed that planets orbited in circles

• They both lived in ancient Greece

• They both believed the sun was the center of the universe

How did Johannes Kepler improve the Heliocentric Theory of the solar system?

• He observed that planets orbited the sun in ellipses

• He invented a new telescope and many other scientific tools

• He observed that planets orbited the sun in circles

• Kepler didn't, instead he put Copernicus on trial

Galileo Galilei used his telescope to confirm which astronomer's theory about the solar system?

• Copernicus

• da Vinci

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

Galileo is most famous for what contributions?

• Inventing the printing press

• Inventing the Heliocentric Theory

• Confirming the Heliocentric Theory

• Inventing, or inspiring, many inventions (telescope, microcope, barometer, etc)

• Convincing the Catholic Church to stop persecuting scientists

Who developed the Scientific Method?

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton thought of and wrote his three...

• Laws of Motion

• Theories of Light

• Theses of Motion

• Systems of Measurement

The first European to make systematic observations of the heavens by telescope was

• Newton.
• Copernicus.
• Galileo.
• Kepler.

The general conception of the universe before Copernicus was that

• it could not be known unless God willed it. 
• the earth rested on the shell of a giant turtle.
• it was orderly with heaven at the center and the earth circling around it.
• best described by the geocentric theory.