WVM Scientific Revolution

1. Sun centered-

• revolution

• heliocentric

• reason

• Enlightenment

Which of the following was developed by Isaac Newton?

• the heliocentric theory
• the scientific method
• the theory of scientifc rationalism
• the theory of universal gravitation

Polish scientist who said the sun was the center of the universe

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Harvey

6. The findings of Galileo and Newton were significant because, from their time on, scientific thought was based upon:

• traditional ways of thinking

• the ideas of the classic philosophies

• the authority of the church

• observation and experimentation

Watching something carefully in order to gain information

• Scientific Method

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Experimetnation

Confirmed using a powerful telescope that Copernicus was right about the universe

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

• Ptolemy

Who was the astronomer who calculated that the planetary orbits are elliptical?

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Copernicus

Universal Gravitation

• Francis Bacon

• Johanne Gutenberg

• Leonardo DaVinci

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

A time of discoveries in math and science between 1500-1700

• American Revolution

• French Revolution

• The Reformation

• Scientific Revolution

Scientific procedure performed to make a discovery, test something, or demonstrate a fact

• Communication

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Experiment