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Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Term that means earth-centered universe

a)

heliocentric

b)

geocentric

c)

eccentric

d)

egocentric

2.

Term that means sun-centered universe

a)

heliocentric

b)

geocentric

c)

eccentric

d)

egocentric

3.

The scientific method was all of the following EXCEPT

a)

a systematic procedure or series of steps

b)

based on collecting and analyzing evidence

c)

reliant on the ideas of ancient authorities

d)

crucial to the evolution of science

4.

According to Aristotle and the Ptolemaic system,

a)

the moons is the center of the universe, and the Earth revolves around it.

b)

the Earth revolves around the moon, and the moon revolves around the sun

c)

the Sun, Earth, and Moon all revolve around Saturn, the sun god

d)

the earth is fixed at the center of the universe and the sun and planets revolve around it in circular orbits

5.

______ was one of the first to argue that the SUN, NOT the Earth, was the center of the universe.

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Martin Luther

6.

Why did Nicolaus Copernicus wait until late in his life to publish his theory of a heliocentric universe?

a)

He feared criticism from politicians

b)

He risked punishment by church officials

c)

He had little money to hire a printer of his work

d)

He needed to be sure of his mathematical calculations

7.

Galileo's teaching of the heliocentric model got him in trouble with

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Maria Theresa

c)

the Catholic Church

d)

Copernicus

8.

He carefully observed and recorded the movements of the planets producing mountains of accurate data for future scientists to make sense of.

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Tycho Brahe

c)

Copernicus

d)

Francis Bacon

9.

He studied the data collected by Tycho Brahe and used mathematics to show that the planets revolved around the sun in elliptical orbits instead of circles

a)

Johannes Kepler

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Rene Descartes

10.

Galileo's observations of space using a telescope seemed to indicate that

a)

Copernicus and Kepler were wrong on their beliefs about the moon goddess

b)

the Catholic Church's beliefs about the heavens were correct

c)

Plato was correct about the way the planets were arranged

d)

the moon and stars were composed of material substances just like Earth, and were not pure orbs of light

11.

He developed the laws of planetary motion including the universal law of gravitation.

a)

Galileo

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Rene Descartes

12.

The way of thinking about the universe as a giant clock and God the clockmaker who set everything in motion. Like a clock, the parts of the universe all worked together perfectly in ways that could be expressed mathematically

a)

deism

b)

rationalism

c)

socialism

d)

cubism

13.

He discovered that Jupiter has moons and the sun as dark spots

a)

Johannes Kepler

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

Robert Boyle

d)

Galileo Galilei