Ch. 10.3- The Scientific Revolution Quiz

What is the smallest known unit of matter according to the text?

• The atom

• The proton

• The electron

• The molecule

Who laid the foundations of modern science between 1540 and 1700?

• Kings and Queens

• Artists

• Philosophers

• Brilliant scientists (thinkers)

What did Europeans learn from the Byzantine Empire and Moorish Spain?

• New languages

• Agricultural techniques

• Warfare strategies

• Greek science and learning

Who was considered the final expression of the human mind according to Abba Royce?

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Galileo

What did Aristotle believe was the highest science?

• Biology

• The study of first causes

• Mathematics

• Astronomy

What did Aristotle think about the motion of the planets?

• They moved in ellipses

• They moved in unchanging circles

• They did not move

• They moved in random patterns

Who published a new theory of the heavens in 1543?

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Tycho Brahe

What did Copernicus suggest about the Sun?

• It was smaller than the Earth

• It moved around the Earth

• It was the center of the universe

• It was the only source of light

Who was the first to use a telescope for astronomical observations?

• Isaac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

What did Galileo discover about Jupiter?

• It was the largest planet

• It had four moons

• It had rings

• It was made of gas