Quiz 3.1 The Scientific Revolution

Who invented the telescope in 1608?

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• René Descartes

• It was invented in the Netherlands

What model suggests that the universe revolves around the Earth?

• Heliocentric model

• Geocentric model

• Scientific model

• Rational model

Who was put on trial for heresy by the Catholic Church and placed on house arrest for life?

• Isaac Newton

• René Descartes

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon

What did Isaac Newton discover?

• The heliocentric model

• Gravity

• The scientific method

• The telescope

Who created the Three Laws of Motion?

• René Descartes

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

What is the heliocentric model?

• The Earth is at the center of the solar system

• The Sun is at the center of the solar system

• The Moon is at the center of the solar system

• The stars are at the center of the solar system

Who invented the scientific method?

• René Descartes

• Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

• Galileo Galilei

What did René Descartes believe about knowledge?

• It should be based on authority

• It should be based on rational thinking

• It should be based on tradition

• It should be based on superstition

Who was an Italian astronomer who used a telescope to discover Jupiter's largest moons ?

• Isaac Newton

• René Descartes

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon

What is heresy?

• A scientific theory

• A belief against official religious teachings

• A type of telescope

• A philosophical method