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Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which term best defines the concept that the earth is the center of the universe?
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Eurocentric
d)
Egotistical
2.
Which term best defines the concept that the sun is the center of the universe?
a)
heliocentric
b)
geocentric
c)
Ethnocentric
d)
Eurocentric
3.
The 6-step procedure based on observation and experimentation is called...  
a)
Planetary Model
b)
Philosophical Method
c)
Pavlov's Hierarchy of Needs
d)
the Scientific Method
4.

He was a polish mathematician and astronomer who was first to determine that the sun was the center of the solar system.

a)

Galilieo

b)

Humes

c)

Copernicus

d)

Descartes

5.

A German mathematician who was known for his laws of planetary motion in elliptical orbits around the sun.

a)

Leviticus

b)

Kepler

c)

Columbus

d)

Newton

6.

Who was the Italian physicist and astronomer who proved that objects of different weights, if dropped from the same height, fell at the same rate of speec. He was also responsible discovering the law of the pendulum.

a)

Galileo

b)

Vesalius

c)

Hooke

d)

Boyle

7.

Who was the English scientist who discovered the laws of gravitation?

a)

Galileo

b)

Newton

c)

Kepler

d)

Copernicus

8.

Who proposed a system of EXPERIMENTATION to find new truths through this type of scientific method.

a)

Newton

b)

Bacon

c)

Descartes

d)

Frisius

9.
Who created an improved telescope that confirmed the findings of Copernicus?
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Nicolaus
c)
Galileo
d)
Bacon
10.

How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?

a)

By careful observation of nature and willingness to question old beliefs

b)

By reading classic literature

c)

By collecting samples of plant life

d)

By forming new government ideas

11.

Who proposed a mathematical system using REASON and LOGIC to find new truths through this type of scientific method.

a)

Bacon

b)

Newton

c)

Boyle

d)

Descartes