Fall 2023 Scientific Revolution

“My mathematical and scientific achievements brought me great fame. I am remembered especially for inventing calculus and discovering the law of gravitation.” Who would have said this?

• William Harvey

• Galileo Galilei

• Issac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Albert Einstien

The Catholic Church opposed the theories of the Scientific Revolution on the basis that they:

• contradicted traditional Church teachings

• contradicted the traditional teachings of Greco-Roman philosophers

• could have caused changes in the way the masses thought about science and the creation of life and the world

• trick question-the catholic church supported the scientific revolution

_____________ invented the telescope, becoming the first to see the landscape of the moon in relative detail.

• 
  Johann Kepler

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolas Copernicus

• 
  Galileo Galilei

• William Harvey

The heliocentric theory:

• proposed an earth-centered theory of the universe

• proposed a sun-centered theory of the universe

• proposed a moon-centered theory of the universe

• proposed a theory that the sun is not a star

• proposed a theory that Mr. Dunlap was the center of the universe

Prior to the Scientific Revolution, the Catholic church preached what regarding the nature of the universe? (Pick Two)

• It was Geocentric

• It was Heliocentric

• The Earth revolved around the sun

• The sun revolved around the Earth

• The Earth revolved around the moon

The geocentric theory:

• proposed an earth-centered theory of the universe

• proposed a sun-centered theory of the universe

• proposed a moon-centered theory of the universe

• proposed a theory that the sun is not a star

• proposed a theory that Mr. Dunlap was the center of the universe

Which of the following is true regarding the Scientific Revolution

• Scientists of the era preferred working in Protestant areas because those churches were open to new ideas

• Scientists of the era preferred working in Catholic areas because those churches were open to new ideas

• Scientists of the era stayed as far away from churches as possible because of the threat of being excommunicated

• The Catholic Church made Galileo a Saint after he discovered the Earth revolved around the sun.

Scientist of the Scientific Revolution who investigated and discovered how blood flowed through the body...

• William Harvey

• Issac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon

Scientist of the Scientific Revolution who observed the universe developed his four laws of motion based on his observations of gravity...

• Tycho Brahe

• Issac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon

Scientist of the Scientific Revolution who observed the orbits of planets and discovered that the orbits were ellipses and not perfect circles...

• Tycho Brahe

• Issac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon