Which of the following choices BEST DESCRIBES Ptolemy and the Ptolemaic Method (Hint: Geocentric Model)?
The Scientific Revolution

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ptolemy was an astronomer who used algebra, geometry, and the scientific method to draw conclusions about the universe.
Ptolemy believed the sun was the center of the universe and the planets rotated around the sun in an elliptical shape.
Aristotle, the church, and medieval astronomers used his work to explain the universe and the position of the earth.
Ptolemy was good friends with Galileo Galilei. Their use of the telescope helped prove the Geocentric Model to be wrong.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the Blank During the Scientific Revolution, Scientists argued the _______ was at the center of our solar system.
Sun
Moon
Stars
Earth
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which scientist/mathematician showed that the planets’ orbit around the sun was not circular but rather elliptical?
Galileo
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following describes the Copernican idea?
The church supported the Copernican idea and the work of Kepler, Copernicus, and Galileo.
The Copernican idea crippled the church’s authority because it proved the earth was not at the center of the universe like the church had taught.
The Copernican idea was important because it proved that humans were at the center of the universe and God was in a specific place.
None of the Above
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first to develop the scientific method?
Galileo Gaililei
Johannes Kepler
Sir Francis Bacon
Sir Isaac Newton
Rene Descartes
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the Astronomer shown below who after 25 years of study was the 1st to conclude that the stars, earth, and planets all rotate around the sun.
Rene Descartes
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which scientist used mathematics to prove that the planets rotate around the sun in the shape of an ellipse not a circle?
Rene Descartes
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Francis Bacon
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
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