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WorksheetsScientific Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Before Nicolaus Copernicus, the accepted belief among most Europeans was that THIS was the center of the universe...
Sun
Earth
Moon
Hogwarts
Most of the older European beliefs about astronomy could be traced back to an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician named...
Pericles
Karl
Ptolemy
Socrates
One obvious problem with ancient Greek earth-centered calculations was that sometimes the planets looked like they were doing this...
Moving backwards
Disappearing
Jumping
Going too fast
Copernicus's theory that the Earth revolves around the sun is called...
Heliocentric
Geocentric
Lunarcentric
Hogwartscentric
According to Copernicus, the Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours, which gives us...
Oxygen.
The ability to time-travel.
The tides.
Night and day.
Just before his death, Copernicus published his six-volume work, called...
"Epicycles of Perfect Circles"
"A New Theory of the Universe"
"Here Comes the Sun"
"On the Revolution of Celestial Spheres"
But Copernicus wasn't right about everything! He incorrectly stated that the planets travel in...
Perfect circular orbits around the Sun.
Reverse directions.
Unpredictable irregular orbits.
Private jets.
In addition to studying astronomy, Johannes Kepler was a professor of this subject...
Poetry
Mathematics
Oceanography
History
Kepler is most famous for contributing three theories, which we now call the...
"Theories of the Universe"
"Orbits of Celestial Planets."
"Laws of Planetary Motion"
"Rules of How Stuff Moves."
Kepler's most famous theory (now law) was that the planets travel in this kind of orbit around the sun...
Circular (Perfect Circles)
Elliptical (Oval-shaped)
Irregular (Unpredictable)
Triangular (Three points)
Which of the following was NOT an invention or innovation that Galileo Galilei helped advance?
Water pump.
Vaccines.
Balance scale.
Telescope.
In addition to studying the surfaces of the sun and moon, Galielo also observed moons orbiting what planet?
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Although Galileo claimed that his book "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" did not take sides, he wrote it so that...
The character who favored the Copernican model was smart, while his opponent was a fool.
The character who opposed Copernicus was a smart scientist, while Copernicus was written to sound like a fool.
All of the characters favored a geocentric model of the universe.
None of the characters in the book had ever even heard of the heliocentric model of the universe.
Galileo was given a life sentence under house arrest and had his books banned by the Catholic Church. Over 300 years after his death, Pope John Paul II issued an apology to Galileo in what year?
1295
1992
1720
1803
In addition to his studies on astronomy and physics, Isaac Newton also laid the foundation for creating a new branch of mathematics called...
Calculus
Algebra
Geometry
Trigonometry
Newton also worked with sunlight, prisms, and this branch of science that deals with light and vision...
Chemistry
Biology
Optics
Anatomy
Isaac Newton is best known for discovering:
The moon.
Microscopic bacteria.
The periodic table.
The force of gravity.
In Newton's book, "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica," he explained what have come to be known as Newton's "Three...
"Gravitational Powers"
"Laws of Motion"
"Musketeers"
"Forces of Energy"
In 1705, Isaac Newton became the first scientist to be...
Punished for his research.
Paid for his books.
Knighted by Queen Anne.
Forced to admit he was wrong.
Copernicus argued that the Earth revolves around the sun; Kepler argued that the planets travel in elliptical orbits; Galileo proved them both right by using a telescope; Newton explained WHY we orbit the sun, because of...
ELECTRICITY!
GRAVITY!
WE FEEL LIKE IT!
PHOTOSYNTHESIS!
