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Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Used spells and magic formulas to try and change one substance to another - example lead to gold

a)

Astrologer

b)

wise folk

c)

alchemist

d)

naturalist

2.

He developed the Heliocentric theory - even though very few people believed him

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Ptolemy

3.

French philosopher and mathematician, leader of Scientific Revolution. Felt that no assumptions should be accepted without question. All assumptions had to be proven on the basis of known facts

a)

Johannes Kepler

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Robert Boyle

d)

Rene Descartes

4.

English philosopher and scientist, one of the earliest to favor a system of scientific experimentation rather than faithful acceptance of religious ideas. His nickname was " Dr. Mirabilis "

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Roger Bacon

d)

John Calvin

5.

I designed the telescope and used it to help prove the Heliocentric theory . I also used experiments and math that all objects fall at the same rate no matter the weight.

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Aristotle

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

6.

What tools did scientist start to use to use to conduct experiments ?

a)

thermometer and barometer

b)

air pump

c)

telescope

d)

all the above

7.

The study of on changes and properties of matter and energy is

a)

anatomy

b)

astronomy

c)

physics

d)

rhetoric

8.

English scientist discovered the law of gravity, and 3 laws of motion, and the mathematical means to measure motion.

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Andreas Vesalius

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Francis Bacon

9.

German astronomer, and mathematician, developed 3 laws of planetary motion. Also one of 2 scientist that helped prove the original discovery of the Heliocentric theory.

a)

William Harvey

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Robert Boyle

d)

Gottfried Liebnitz

10.

English philosopher and scientist believed that scientific theories could only be developed through observation. Assumptions had to be proven by repeated experiments

a)

Andreas Vesalius

b)

Charles V

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Francis Bacon

11.

Flemish scientist pioneered the study of anatomy in his book " On the Fabric of the Human Body"

a)

William Harvey

b)

Andreas Vesalius

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Ignatius de Loyola

12.

English - Irish scientist pioneer of the modern science of Chemistry

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Joseph Priestley

c)

Robert Boyle

d)

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek