Quiz #8

Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  

• That heaven did not exist
• That Earth revolved around the sun
• Against the law of gravity
• That the sun revolved around the Earth

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.

• Ptolemy
• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• Nicolaus Copernicus

The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All of the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution except __.

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo Galilei
• Johannes Kepler

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• earthcentric
• world's worst

The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• solar
• sunny

Who created the heliocentric theory?

• Copernicus
• Galileo 
• Ptolemy
• Kepler

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  

• That Jupiter had four moons
• That the planets revolved around the earth 
• That the sun was the biggest star
• That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

• King
• Family
• Church
• Sir Salami 

In Rousseau's The Social Contract, he expressed his belief that

• a child was a small adult with all the same abilities and obligations.

• the individual's will is the most important.

• government was necessary to protect the rights of its citizens, but may be overthrown.

• government was an evil that should be totally eliminated.