7th Ch 13, Scientific Revolution

"Natural philosophers" based their scientific explanations on which of these?

• evidence
• observation and experimentation
• reasoning
• logic and mathematics

Which theory places the earth at the center of the universe?

• microscopic
• geocentric
• heliocentric
• Pythagorean

Who proposed the heliocentric theory?

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler
• Galileo Galilei
• Robert Hooke

Which scientist was the first to describe cells?

• Galileo Galilei
• Robert Hooke
• Sir Isaac Newton
• Robert Boyle

How did Boyle's theory challenge the ideas of Aristotle?

• Boyle said that matter is composed of small particles, not four elements.
• Boyle proposed that orbits were elliptical rather than circular.
• Boyle used mathematics to describe the universe.
• Boyle proposed that a person's health does not depend on four humors.

What great advance did Sir Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes bring to science?

• Law of universal gravitation
• invention of the microscope
• invention of the color wheel
• scientific (rationalism) method

Describe the scientific method?

Share in detail Sir Isaac Newton's contributions to the Scientific Revolution

Carefully read the document above. Use complete sentences and cite (R.A.C.E). Use the space provided to answer the following question: How big did objects appear with Galileo's first telescope?

Carefully read the document above. Use complete sentences and cite (R.A.C.E). Use the space provided to answer the following question: How big did objects appear with Galileo's third telescope?