Chapter 13 section 5: The Scientific Revolution

When did the Scientific Revolution take place?

• 1400s to 1500s

• 1500s to 1600s

• 1600s to 1700s

• 1700s to 1800s

Prior to the Scientific Revolution, what was the basis for many of the prevailing views of science?

• Mathematics

• Experimentation

• Observation

• Religious Laws

Who was responsible for devising the Heliocentric Theory of the universe?

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolas Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Ptolemy

True or False: Galileo supported the Heliocentric Theory when brought in front of the Inquisition.

• True

• False

What crime was Galileo accused of committing that brought him in front of the Inquisition?

• Heresy

• Witchcraft

• Adultry

• Theft

The scientific method, or science through experimentation, is credited to which two scientists?

• Brahe and Kepler

• Bacon and Descartes

• Galileo and Ptolemy

• Boyle and Pare

What is the best definition of a hypothesis?

• Educated guess

• Conclusion to be tested

• Early theory

• Result of experimentation

What was the field of chemistry called in the early middle ages?

• Chemistry

• Alchemy

• Witchcraft

• It didn't exist

Who is the "Father of modern chemistry?"

• Robert Boyle

• Rene Descartes

• Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

What force binds the universe together?

• Mathematics

• Kinetic Energy

• Gravity

• Magnetism