Scientific Revolution Quiz

Who taught that the Earth was at the center of the universe?

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

What was the name of the theory that stated the Earth was fixed and immovable in the center of the universe?

• Heliocentric model

• Geocentric model

• Copernican Revolution

• Humeral theory

Who challenged the geocentric view of the universe and proposed the heliocentric model?

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

What did Johannes Kepler establish through his computations?

• Planets move in perfect circles around the Sun

• Planets move faster when they are farther away from the Sun

• Planets move in ellipses around the Sun

• Planets move at a constant speed regardless of their distance from the Sun

What did Galileo observe using his telescope?

• The Earth is the center of the universe

• The Moon is made of cheese

• The Sun revolves around the Earth

• The moons of different planets and their composition

Who combined the physics of Galileo with the mathematical computations of Kepler and Copernicus to produce the law of universal gravitation?

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Newton

What did William Harvey discover about the circulatory system?

• There are two different systems of blood in the body

• Blood is pumped out of the heart and disappears

• Blood is not essential for the body

• Blood is pumped out of the heart and returns to the heart

What did Francis Bacon emphasize in his contribution to the thinky-thinky world?

• Empiricism

• Deductive reasoning

• Astrology

• Alchemy

Who developed a system of deductive reasoning?

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Descartes

• Galileo

What did Paracelsus reject in his theory of disease?

• Chemical imbalances

• Humoral theory

• Bloodletting

• Astrology