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Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the prefix “HELIO” mean?

(a)  

2.

What does the prefix “GEO” mean?

(a)  

3.

Issac Newton’s major accomplishments include

a)

Laws of Motion

b)

Laws of Gravity

c)

Creating Calculus

d)

Discovering a giant bird

4.

Galileo Galilei is best known for what?

a)

Using the telescope to look at planetary bodies

b)

Discovering the phases of Venus

c)

Defending the Heliocentric Model of the Universe

d)

None of these

5.

The Heliocentric Model of the universe was first theorized by...

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Isaac Newton

6.

The Catholic Church supported which model of the universe?

a)

The Heliocentric Model of the Universe

b)

The Geocentric Model of the Universe

7.

The Scientific Revolution overlapped with what major time period?

(a)  

8.

What scientist invented calculus?

(a)  

9.

What scientist argued that “nothing should be accepted as true until proven?”

a)

Tycho Brahe

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Galileo Galilei

10.

What does the word “secular” mean?

a)

Religious

b)

To go against the Catholic Church

c)

Not Religious

d)

To support the Catholic Church

11.

What is the name of the step-by-step method for conducting research?

a)

The Science System

b)

The Scientific Method

c)

The Method of Science

d)

The System for Science

12.

What famous Ancient Greek philosopher created the Geocentric Model of the Universe?

a)

Socrates

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Aristotle

d)

Archimedes

13.

What was the Catholic Church’s argument for the Earth being the center of the universe?

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14.

What famous scientist was put on trial for going against the teachings of the Catholic Church (heresy)?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Both Copernicus and Galileo

15.

What is the major difference between the Heliocentric and Geocentric Models of the Universe?

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