The Scientific Revolution

Who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe?

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

What is the name of the book written by Copernicus that outlined his heliocentric theory?

• Pride and Prejudice

• The Art of War

• De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

• On the Origin of Species

What is the scientific method?

• The scientific method is a systematic approach to research.

• The scientific method is a form of art.

• The scientific method is a religious belief.

• The scientific method is a random guess.

Which scientist is known as the 'father of observational astronomy'?

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

What invention did Galileo use to observe the moons of Jupiter?

• microscope

• binoculars

• compass

• telescope

What law of motion is credited to Isaac Newton?

• First Law of Motion

• Third Law of Motion

• Second Law of Motion

• Law of Gravitation

Who formulated the three laws of planetary motion?

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

• Isaac Newton

What term describes the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun?

• Heliocentrism

• Lunar theory

• Ptolemaic system

• Geocentrism

Which scientist discovered that planets move in elliptical orbits?

• Johannes Kepler

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

What is the name of the book in which Isaac Newton outlined his laws of motion and universal gravitation?

• Principia Mathematica

• Newton's Laws of Motion

• The Gravitational Book

• Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica