Scientific Revolution

Who is known as the Father of Modern Chemistry?

• Robert Boyle

• Blaise Pascal

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

What did Blaise Pascal invent to help his father with tax accounting?

• The compound microscope

• The mechanical calculator

• The modern thermometer

• The telescope

Which philosopher is associated with Cartesian Skepticism?

• Robert Hooke

• Johannes Kepler

• Rene Descartes

• Francis Bacon

What is the famous phrase written by Rene Descartes?

• I think, therefore I am

• Cogito Ergo Sum

• Eureka

• To be or not to be

Who introduced the use of mercury in thermometers?

• Galileo Galilei

• Anders Celsius

• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

• Santorio Santorio

What law did Robert Boyle discover?

• The law of thermodynamics

• Newton's first law of motion

• Boyle's Law

• The law of gravitation

What did Isaac Newton publish in 1687?

• The Arithmetique

• Dioptrice

• The Discourse on the Method

• Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Who were the three Dutchmen credited with the development of the telescope?

• Christian Huygens, Joachim Dalence, and Isaac Newton

• Robert Boyle, Rene Descartes, and Francis Bacon

• Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton

• Hans Lippershey, Zacharias Janssen, and Jacob Metius

What significant discovery did Galileo make using the telescope?

• The phases of Venus

• The surface of the moon was not smooth

• The moons of Jupiter

• The rings of Saturn

What is the relationship between pressure and volume of a gas discovered by Boyle?

• Directly proportional

• Inversely proportional

• Unrelated

• Equal to a constant