World History Lesson 10.5 Quiz

Polish scholar who published On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.

• Isaac Newton
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Galileo Galilei
• Johannes Kepler

sun-centered, model of the universe

• geocentric model
• flat Earth theory
• heliocentric model
• Newtonian model

This person used new technology to assemble an astronomical telescope

• Isaac Newton
• Johannes Kepler
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Galileo Galilei

How did Copernicus and other astronomers affect the way people viewed the universe?

• Their experiments proved that the ancient classical astronomers had been correct about how the universe functioned.

• Their discoveries reinforced traditional Church teachings on Earth, the stars, and other planets.

• Their observations supported the Ptolemaic view of the universe.

• Their observations proved that the universe was heliocentric.

The ideas of Francis Bacon and René Descartes led to a new scientific method because they both believed that

• basic scientific fact is obvious to those who look hard enough at available data.

• the discoveries of the ancient philosophers were valid but should be documented in a modern way.

• truth could only be determined after a process of investigation.

• the traditional teachings of the Church should form the basis of all scientific inquiry.

This person explained that all matter was composed of tiny particles that behave in knowable ways.

• Robert Boyle

• Albert Einstein
• Niels Bohr
• Isaac Newton

Some of the most profound work of the Scientific Revolution came from Isaac Newton. His work included

• the discovery that the heart pumps blood through the circulatory system.

• the discovery that motion in the universe can be measured and described mathematically.

• the development of a microscope that could see tiny organisms.

• the discovery that certain chemicals are the building blocks of life.