Scientific Revolution Vocab Quiz

Which is part of Aristotle's Geocentric Theory of the Universe?

• The sun is the center of the universe.

• The Earth is not in motion but fixed in the center of the universe

• The universe has no center.

• Stars are the center of the universe.

What is an "Orbit"?

• A type of telescope

• The path of one object around another object

• A type of star

• A type of planet

How did Galileo support Copernicus' theory?

• Using his telescope, he saw that planets revolve around the sun

• He created navigation tools to prove the Earth is round

• Using his telescope, he saw that everything revolves around the Earth

• He developed the scientific method

Which is part of Kepler's Theory of Elliptical Orbits?

• the sun revolves around the Earth in an elliptical orbit

• planets close to the sun move slower than ones far away

• The Earth revolves around Mars in an elliptical orbit

• there's an exact relationship between a planet's distance from the sun and the time it takes to revolve around the sun

What did Nicolaus Copernicus contribute to astronomy?

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Theory of Relativity

• Quantum Theory

Who developed the scientific method?

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

What is the first step in the scientific method?

• Experiment

• Hypothesis

• Observe

• Conclude

What is a scientific law?

• A hypothesis that is proven wrong

• A generalized rule in science that describes how something works in the natural world

• A theory that cannot be tested

• A random guess about natural phenomena

Who developed the three laws of motion?

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Nikola Tesla

The theory that states the sun is the center of the universe

• Elliptical Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

• Bright Star Theory