Scientific Revolution

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

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

What is the first step to the scientific method?

• Make a hypothesis 
• State a question or problem
• Do the experiment
• Analyze the data 

The Scientific Revolution happened during the?

• 1500s and 1600s

• 1000s and 1200s

• 1340s and 1430s

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

• Traditional ideas

• Experimentation and Observation

Issac Newton discovered what?

• Cheese

• Gravity

• Scientific Method

• Astronomy

How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?  

•  By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observations
•  By reading classic literature
• By collecting samples of plant life
•  By forming new government ideas