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Chapter 13 section 5: The Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Scientific Revolution take place?

a)

1400s to 1500s

b)

1500s to 1600s

c)

1600s to 1700s

d)

1700s to 1800s

2.

Prior to the Scientific Revolution, what was the basis for many of the prevailing views of science?

a)

Mathematics

b)

Experimentation

c)

Observation

d)

Religious Laws

3.

Who was responsible for devising the Heliocentric Theory of the universe?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Nicolas Copernicus

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Ptolemy

4.

True or False: Galileo supported the Heliocentric Theory when brought in front of the Inquisition.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What crime was Galileo accused of committing that brought him in front of the Inquisition?

a)

Heresy

b)

Witchcraft

c)

Adultry

d)

Theft

6.

The scientific method, or science through experimentation, is credited to which two scientists?

a)

Brahe and Kepler

b)

Bacon and Descartes

c)

Galileo and Ptolemy

d)

Boyle and Pare

7.

What is the best definition of a hypothesis?

a)

Educated guess

b)

Conclusion to be tested

c)

Early theory

d)

Result of experimentation

8.

What was the field of chemistry called in the early middle ages?

a)

Chemistry

b)

Alchemy

c)

Witchcraft

d)

It didn't exist

9.

Who is the "Father of modern chemistry?"

a)

Robert Boyle

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Francis Bacon

10.

What force binds the universe together?

a)

Mathematics

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Gravity

d)

Magnetism

11.

Kepler said Copernicus was wrong about his theory on the orbits of the planets, how so?

a)

elliptical, not circular

b)

circular, not elliptical

c)

Spherical, not circular

d)

Spherical, not elliptical

12.

Galileo used his telescope to observe the moons of what planet?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Venus

13.

Who was the Emporer of the Holy Roman Empire at the height of the Spanish Inquisition?

a)

Charles V

b)

Leo X

c)

Ferdinand II

d)

Semper Fidelis

14.

Which group was the main target of the Spanish Inquisition?

a)

Witches

b)

Outcasts

c)

Protestants

d)

Jews

15.

What is the famous quote of Rene Descartes?

a)

"Knowledge is power"

b)

"I think therefore I am"

c)

"Reason above all else"

d)

"E pluribus unum"

16.

which of these scientists wanted to show that mathematics linked the sciences?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Robert Boyle

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Plato

17.

Who conducted both legal and illegal autopsies to create the book "On the Structures of the Human Body?"

a)

Andreas Vesalius

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

William Harvey

d)

Ambroise Pare

18.

Who invented the microscope?

a)

Andreas Vesalius

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

William Harvey

d)

Ambroise Pare

19.

Who devised new surgical techniques, created salves to prevent infection, and improved prosthetic limbs?

a)

Andreas Vesalius

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

William Harvey

d)

Ambroise Pare

20.

What form of mathematics was created by Isaac Newton?

a)

Algebra

b)

Geometry

c)

Trigonometry

d)

Calculus