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Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name

Class

Date

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

According to Copernicus, the sun

Revolved around the earth

Was the center of the Universe

Was the biggest star

Had many moons

During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.

Ptolemy

Francis Bacon

Isaac Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus

The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All of the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution except __.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Ptolemy

Galileo Galilei

Johannes Kepler

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

geocentric

heliocentric

earthcentric

world's worst

The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.

geocentric

heliocentric

solar

sunny

What is the heliocentric theory?

There is no sun

The sun is smaller than the Earth

The sun is the center of the universe

The Earth in the center of the universe

What did Galileo Improve?

The astrolabe

the stars

The Telescope

cat food.

_____________________ was an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which then confirmed Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory

a. Isaac Newton

b. Galileo Galilei

c. Adam Smith

d. Dennis Diderot

10.

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

11.

Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to challenge the church and develop the idea that the universe is ______________

Earth centered

Mars centered

Sun centered

beautiful

12.

During the scientific revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

King

Family

Church

Sir Salami

13.

He was a polish mathematician and astronomer who was first to determine that the sun was the center of the solar system.

Galilieo

Humes

Copernicus

Descartes

14.

A German mathematician who was known for his laws of planetary motion in elliptical orbits around the sun.

Leviticus

Kepler

Columbus

Newton

15.

Who was the Italian physicist and astronomer who proved that objects of different weights, if dropped from the same height, fell at the same rate of speec. He was also responsible discovering the law of the pendulum.

Galileo

Vesalius

Hooke

Boyle

16.

Who was the English scientist who discovered the laws of gravitation?

Galileo

Newton

Kepler

Copernicus

17.

Louis Pasteur’s discoveries and dedication to science have .... millions of lives.

found

started

captured

saved

18.

He invented a process called pasteurisation which .... bacteria.

saved

killed

created

raised

19.

What did Harvey prove happened to blood in the body?

It was constantly produced by the liver.

It passed through inviable channels in the heart.

It could be pumped in two directions.

Its circulated around the body.

20.

What time period is often called the “rebirth of the science of medicine.”

Dark Ages

Middle Ages

Renaissance

17th Century

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Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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