WorksheetsModule 22 Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the Scientific Revolution?
An ancient astronomer who studied the skies
A forerunner of chemistry
A theory developed by Nicolaus Copernicus
A series of events that led to the birth of modern science
What are theories?
Explanations scientists develop based on facts
Ancient astronomers who studied the skies
A forerunner of chemistry
People who look at the world in a rational, reasonable, and logical way
Who was Ptolemy?
A forerunner of chemistry
People who look at the world in a rational, reasonable, and logical way
Explanations scientists develop based on facts
An ancient astronomer who studied the skies and offered theories to explain what he saw
Who were the rationalists?
Explanations scientists develop based on facts
People who look at the world in a rational, reasonable, and logical way
An ancient astronomer who studied the skies and offered theories
A forerunner of chemistry
What is alchemy?
People who look at the world in a rational, reasonable, and logical way
An ancient astronomer who studied the skies and offered theories
Explanations scientists develop based on facts
A forerunner of chemistry
Who wrote the book 'On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres'?
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
What did Tycho Brahe emphasize in his observations?
The study of the sky with a telescope
The mapping of orbits of planets
The importance of careful observation and detailed records
The laws of motion
Who observed that the planets moved in elliptical orbits?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Who was the first person to study the sky with a telescope?
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Who authored Principia Mathematica and studied the laws of motion?
Sir Isaac Newton
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
The laws that describe how objects move in space.
Newton's Law of Motion
Murphy's Law
Law of Reciprocity
Galileo's Law
Dutch scientist who was the first person to use a microscope as a scientific instrument.
Created by Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli which measures air pressure and helps forecast weather.
The step-by-step method for performing experiments and other scientific research.
A solution that the scientist proposes to solve a specific problem.
English philosopher who had read the works of the great scientists of the Scientific Revolution and argued that science should be pursued in a systematic fashion.
Famously wrote, "I think, therefore, I am."
English physician who determined that blood moved in a circular fashion through a single system of arteries and veins.
