WorksheetsThe Scientific Revolution
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Galileo built one of the first telescopes and used it to observe all of the following phenomena except...
He saw mountains and valleys on the moon
He saw spots of varying colors on the sun
He saw that the planet Jupiter had moons circling it much like the earth had a moon
He saw solar systems in other parts of our universe
Tycho Brahe is most closely associated with which 'science'?
Geology
Biology
Astronomy
Chemistry
Johannes Kepler's most noted contribution to Astronomy was ....
He confirmed Ptolemy's idea that the earth was at the center of the universe.
He confirmed that Pluto was indeed a planet
He confirmed ideas of evolution
He confirmed the heliocentric idea and described the orbits of the planets
Francis Bacon stressed that the following ideas were key to science... (there is more than one answer to this question)
Experimentation
Observation
Faith
Opinion
Cogito, ergo sum-- 'I think therefore I am' is a famous philosophical and scientific stance taken by...
Issac Newton
Rene Descartes
Albert Einstein
Galileo
Which statement best captures the classical formulation of the scientific method?
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.
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.
The scientific method is largely dependent upon authority figures to make sure that all of the specific steps are carried out completely.
What is a hypothesis?
the thing changed on purpose in the experiment
an explanation about what you observed
using your 5 senses to gather data
an educated guess about the outcome of an experiment
What is a theory?
the thing changed on purpose in the experiment
an explanation about what you observed
using your 5 senses to gather data
an educated guess about the outcome of an experiment
Robert Boyle is most closely associated with which science?
Chemistry
Biology
Physics
Astronomy
Which of these ideas did Isaac Newton contribute to? (more than one answer)
Describing the laws of Gravity
Describing other physical laws of motion
Contributing to the invention of Calculus mathematics
Conducting secret Alchemy experiments
Describing how white light is actually a mixture of spectral colors
