WorksheetsPhysics Quiz 5 - Avicenna and Maharishi Kanada
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 40mins
When was the first atomic theory posited?
2500 BC by Maharishi Kanada
55 BC by Roman poet Lucretius
400 BC by Greek philosopher Democritus
1803 by English physicist John Dalton
What inspired Maharishi to think of the concept of an atom?
grains of rice
oranges
barley
tea
What was the name that Maharishi gave to his conception of an indivisible particle?
atom
molecule
nucleus
paramanu
According to Maharishi, what were the characteristics of a paramanu (atom)?
invisible
indivisible
indestructible and eternal
combines with other paramanu to make new molecules
composed the spiritual fabric of the world
What did Ibn Sina study?
Medicine
Physics
Philosophy
All of the above
What did Ibn Rushd write about?
Philosophy
Aristotle
Mathematics
Music
Theology
What were many of the famous and influential Romans and Greek works that inspired the Renaissance actually translations of?
Arabic works
English works
Spanish works
Alien works
What theory did Ibn Sinna develop that Isaac Newton figured out 700 years later?
detailed theory of inertia
the value of acceleration of gravity
the theory of noble gases
how horoscopes work
