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WorksheetsThe Scientific Revolution
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 22mins
During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.
Ptolemy
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
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
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 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
What factor sparked the start of the Scientific Revolution?
the increasing popularity of Niccolo Machiavelli's writings
the renewed interest in religious texts from Ancient Greece
the scientific investigations of Leonardo da Vinci
the humanist thought that developed in Europe during the Renaissance
Which activity was central to the process of learning that was developed during the Scientific Revolution?
explaining the past
constructing laboratories
analyzing government documents
observing the physical universe
The Catholic Church considered some thinkers of the Scientific Revolution to be heretics because they
challenged established scientific knowledge
questioned claims made in biblical passages
provided explanations for the workings of nature
believed science was the highest moral authority
During the Scientific Revolution, European scientists focused their work on explaining
the workings of the natural world
the presence of the divine in nature
the effects of society on the individual
the workings of advanced technologies
Who was the English scientist who discovered the laws of gravitation?
Galileo
Newton
Kepler
Copernicus
Geo means _____________.
Sun
Earth
Moon
Stars
Helio means _________.
Earth
Moon
Sun
Stars
This person was the first to use a telescope to observe objects in space.
Galileo
Aristotle
Da Vinc
Gutenberg
This invention helped Galileo to better study the sky and learn about how the planets function?
microscope
barometer
thermometer
telescope
The _______ helped scientist to magnify an object and to take a closer look at it.
barometer
mircrowave
microscope
telescope
Which law states that every object in the universe has a force that pulls on it?
Law of Motion
Law of Gravity
Law of Time
Law of Space
