Scientific Revolution Quiz

What is the term for the ancient practice of using reason or logic to understand the world?

• Traditionalism

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

• Skepticism

Who developed the Geocentric theory which placed Earth at the center of the universe?

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

Which scientist is known for developing the Heliocentric theory?

• Isaac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Andreas Vesalius

• Nicolaus Copernicus

What did Galileo believe was key to discovering the truth?

• Lectures

• Experiments

• Intuition

• Ancient texts

Who wrote the book Principia which introduced his laws of motion and the law of gravity?

• Francis Bacon

• Johannes Kepler

• Isaac Newton

• Robert Hooke

Which scientist began to use the microscope to observe cells and bacteria?

• Andreas Vesalius

• Galileo

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Sir Francis Bacon

What did Sir Francis Bacon create that became essential to scientific inquiry?

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Method

• Theory

• Laws

What did Andreas Vesalius do that helped disprove many early ideas about the human body?

• Wrote medical books

• Dissected bodies

• Invented the microscope

• Observed Bacteria

Who argued that planets orbited on ellipses rather than circles?

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Kepler

Which discovery is considered the beginning of modern astronomy?

• Ptolemy's Geocentric theory

• The Heliocentric theory

• The invention of the microscope

• Copernicus' observations