The Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All of the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution except __.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

_____________________ was an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which then confirmed Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei 

• Adam Smith

• Dennis Diderot

During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

• King

• Family

• Church

• Sir Salami 

Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  

• That heaven did not exist

• That Earth revolved around the sun

• Against the law of gravity

• That the sun revolved around the Earth

What events led to the Scientific Revolution?

• The Renaissance

• The Reformation

• The Age of Exploraton

• World War I and World War II

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Scientific Revolution?

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Age of Exploration

• Printing Press and other technologies

The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus.

• Francis Bacon.

• Isaac Newton.

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth

• Was the center of the Universe

• Was the biggest star

•  Had many moons

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  

• That Jupiter had four moons

• That the planets revolved around the earth 

• That the sun was the biggest star

• That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

Nicolaus Copernicus used _________________ to come up with his theory.

• Luck

• Mathematical formulas  

• Guesses

• Friends