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The Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What theory believed that the sun was the center of the universe?
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Newton
d)
Univeral
2.

Galileo built one of the first telescopes and used it to observe all of the following phenomena except...

a)

He saw mountains and valleys on the moon

b)

He saw spots of varying colors on the sun

c)

He saw that the planet Jupiter had moons circling it much like the earth had a moon

d)

He saw solar systems in other parts of our universe

3.
According to Copernicus, the sun  
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
 Had many moons
4.
The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All of the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution except __.
a)
Nicolaus Copernicus
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
Johannes Kepler
5.

Tycho Brahe is most closely associated with which 'science'?

a)

Geology

b)

Biology

c)

Astronomy

d)

Chemistry

6.

Johannes Kepler's most noted contribution to Astronomy was ....

a)

He confirmed Ptolemy's idea that the earth was at the center of the universe.

b)

He confirmed that Pluto was indeed a planet

c)

He confirmed ideas of evolution

d)

He confirmed the heliocentric idea and described the orbits of the planets

7.

Francis Bacon stressed that the following ideas were key to science... (there is more than one answer to this question)

a)

Experimentation

b)

Observation

c)

Faith

d)

Opinion

8.

Cogito, ergo sum-- 'I think therefore I am' is a famous philosophical and scientific stance taken by...

a)

Issac Newton

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Galileo

9.

Which statement best captures the classical formulation of the scientific method?

a)

The scientific method is a step by step process that relies upon observations, logical thinking, and repeatable experiments to build up the best explanation of the physical world around us.

b)

The scientific method is a process by which trained experts compare their opinions to see who has the best answer about how the world works.

c)

The scientific method is largely dependent upon authority figures to make sure that all of the specific steps are carried out completely.

10.

What is a hypothesis?

a)

the thing changed on purpose in the experiment

b)

an explanation about what you observed

c)

using your 5 senses to gather data

d)

an educated guess about the outcome of an experiment

11.

What is a theory?

a)

the thing changed on purpose in the experiment

b)

an explanation about what you observed

c)

using your 5 senses to gather data

d)

an educated guess about the outcome of an experiment

12.

Robert Boyle is most closely associated with which science?

a)

Chemistry

b)

Biology

c)

Physics

d)

Astronomy

13.

Which of these ideas did Isaac Newton contribute to? (more than one answer)

a)

Describing the laws of Gravity

b)

Describing other physical laws of motion

c)

Contributing to the invention of Calculus mathematics

d)

Conducting secret Alchemy experiments

e)

Describing how white light is actually a mixture of spectral colors