Chapter 8 Lesson 1 Quiz World History

1. What is the first step to the scientific method?

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

2. Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued

• That heaven did not exist
• That Earth revolved around the sun
• That the sun revolved around the Earth
• Against the law of gravity

3. Which of the following made it possible for scientists to practice direct observation?

• natural philosophers
• the telescope and mircoscope
• Greek thinkers
• the printing press

4. What did Galileo Improve?

• cat food.
• The Telescope
• the stars
• The astrolabe

5. What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?

• That the planets move in elliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun
• That Jupiter had four moons
• That the planets revolved around the earth
• That the sun was the biggest star

6. The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All of the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution except __.

• Johannes Kepler
• Ptolemy
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Galileo Galilei

7. Who correctly determined that the heart, not the liver, pumped blood through the body?

• William Harvey
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• Galen
• Andreas Vesalius

8. The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

• geocentric
• world's worst
• heliocentric
• earth centric

9. What was the result of the Scientific Revolution?

• advancements in the theories and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
• Supports previous thought processes and studies
• Advancements made in science and math
• Expanded on beliefs in faith

10. The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.

• solar
• geocentric
• sunny
• heliocentric