WH Unit 7 1-3 Review

During which years did Europe experience the Scientific Revolution?

• 1450-1600

• 1543-1687

• 1600-1750

• 1700-1850

The Scientific Revolution changed the way Europeans viewed the natural world by:

• introducing a reliance on religious explanations

• emphasizing observation and experimentation

• promoting the idea of a flat Earth

• discouraging scientific inquiry

During the Renaissance, people began to ______ old beliefs and thought that humans could accomplish anything.

• question

• accept

• ignore

• follow

In the Age of Exploration, the discovery of new lands led people to search for other "new" things.

• True

• False

What did Copernicus' heliocentric hypothesis propose about the movement of the earth and other planets?

• The Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.

• The Sun revolves around the Earth.

• The Earth is stationary and the Sun revolves around it.

• The Earth and the Sun revolve around the Moon.

Copernicus' heliocentric hypothesis changed Europe's concept of the universe by:

• placing the Sun at the center of the universe instead of the Earth

• reinforcing the geocentric model

• introducing the concept of elliptical orbits

• proving the existence of other galaxies

Who mathematically proved Copernicus' heliocentric theory and what did he propose about the movement of planets?

• Galileo Galilei proposed elliptical orbits for planets.

• Johannes Kepler proposed elliptical orbits for planets.

• Isaac Newton proposed circular orbits for planets.

• Tycho Brahe proposed circular orbits for planets.

Galileo improved which instrument to make observations about the moon and solar system?

• Telescope

• Microscope

• Compass

• Sextant

Which law did Galileo create?

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Law of Inertia

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Law of Thermodynamics

Galileo's works challenged which of the following?

• The geocentric model of the universe

• The theory of evolution

• The laws of thermodynamics

• The concept of relativity