Module 22 Vocab Quiz

What is the Scientific Revolution?

• An ancient astronomer who studied the skies

• A forerunner of chemistry

• A theory developed by Nicolaus Copernicus

• A series of events that led to the birth of modern science

What are theories?

• Explanations scientists develop based on facts

• Ancient astronomers who studied the skies

• A forerunner of chemistry

• People who look at the world in a rational, reasonable, and logical way

Who was Ptolemy?

• A forerunner of chemistry

• People who look at the world in a rational, reasonable, and logical way

• Explanations scientists develop based on facts

• An ancient astronomer who studied the skies and offered theories to explain what he saw

Who were the rationalists?

• Explanations scientists develop based on facts

• People who look at the world in a rational, reasonable, and logical way

• An ancient astronomer who studied the skies and offered theories

• A forerunner of chemistry

What is alchemy?

• People who look at the world in a rational, reasonable, and logical way

• An ancient astronomer who studied the skies and offered theories

• Explanations scientists develop based on facts

• A forerunner of chemistry

Who wrote the book 'On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres'?

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

What did Tycho Brahe emphasize in his observations?

• The study of the sky with a telescope

• The mapping of orbits of planets

• The importance of careful observation and detailed records

• The laws of motion

Who observed that the planets moved in elliptical orbits?

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

Who was the first person to study the sky with a telescope?

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

Who authored Principia Mathematica and studied the laws of motion?

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus