Scientific Revolution Review

The sun is the center of the solar system

• Scientific revolution

• Heliocentric theory

• Geocentric theory

• Scientific method

A process for experimentation using a hypothesis and data

• Scientific revolution

• Heliocentric theory

• Scientific method

• Rationalism

Opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge.

• Scientific revolution

• Heliocentric theory

• Scientific method

• Rationalism

A time when scientists were questioning the authority of the church and completing experiments based on observation and data.

• Scientific revolution

• Heliocentric theory

• Scientific method

• Rationalism

This scientist is credited to creating the Scientific Method. He is considered the father of Empiricism and believed in collecting data and conducting experiments.

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

• Bacon

This scientist discovered the four moons of Jupiter. He was under house arrest for publishing works against the church. He is known for his Universal Law of Falling Objects.

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

• Bacon

This scientist first created the Heliocentric theory. He was not able to explain why planets orbited and published his works on his deathbed.

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

• Rene Descartes

This scientist was also a famous mathematician and philosopher. He advocated rationalism.

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Francis Bacon

• Rene Descartes

This scientist is best known for his law on gravity and Gravitational Theory. He also contributed to the field of calculus.

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

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  Rene Descartes