Intro to the Scientific Revolution

What is the Scientific Revolution?

According to Copernicus, the sun  

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

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

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

Issac Newton discovered what?

• Cheese

• Gravity

• Scientific Method

• Astronomy

People during the Scientific Revolution started to make conclusions based on?

• Traditional ideas

• Experimentation and Observation