Scientific Revolution

What did Galileo Galilei use mathematics to describe, which helped advance the understanding of motion?

• The path of a projectile

• The orbit of the moon

• The phases of Venus

• The movement of the planets

What did Galileo observe about the moon's surface, which contradicted the traditional view of the universe?

• It was rough and uneven

• It was covered in water

• It was perfectly smooth

• It was made of cheese

What did Galileo's discoveries about the phases of Venus indicate, which supported the heliocentric theory?

• Venus was stationary

• Venus was orbiting the moon

• Venus was orbiting the sun

• Venus was orbiting Earth

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What did the Catholic Church see as wrong and dangerous, leading to a bitter conflict with Galileo?

• The geocentric theory

• The heliocentric theory

• The orbit of the moon

• The phases of Venus

What did Francis Bacon outline as a method of scientific investigation, which depended on close observation?

• Nihilism

• Skepticism

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

What was Isaac Newton's greatest discovery, which explained the movement of both falling apples and heavenly bodies?

• The law of gravity

• The law of motion

• The law of inertia

• The law of relativity

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Which was the first person that thought that the sun was the center of the universe?

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Galileo Galilei

• Leonardo Da Vinci

What famous scientist was put on trial for going against the teachings of the Catholic Church (heresy)?

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Both Copernicus and Galilei

What scientist argued that “nothing should be accepted as true until proven?”

• Isaac Newton

• Tycho Brahe

• Rene Descartes

• Francis Bacon

Galileo Galilei is best known for what?

• Further proving the Heliocentric Model of the Universe

• Observing our Moon and Jupiters four moons

• The invention of the Thermometer

• All of the above