WorksheetsSS Unit 5 Chapter 3: The Scientific Revolution
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which idea is explained by this diagram?
a)
a) the origin of life
b)
b) the distance to Rome
c)
c) the anatomy of a human
d)
d) the theory developed by Copernicus
2.
What does the circle at the center of the diagram represent?
a)
a) the sun
b)
b) Earth
c)
c) the moon
d)
d) the Milky Way
3.
Which statement best explains why the Roman Catholic Church rejected Galileo’s scientific discoveries?
a)
a) Church leaders feared that Galileo’s discoveries would make people convert to other religions.
b)
b) Church leaders feared the rise of new technology.
c)
c) Church leaders felt that Galileo’s discoveries went against the Bible’s teachings.
d)
d) Church leaders were concerned that Galileo was becoming too powerful.
4.
Which phrases best describe Renaissance ideas that influenced the Scientific Revolution? Select the two correct answers
a)
a) encouraging curiosity
b)
b) focusing on spirituality
c)
c) maintaining traditions
d)
d) defending rights
e)
e) exploring new lands
5.
Which discovery belongs in Box A?
a)
a) how to heal wounds faster
b)
b) how muscles are structured
c)
c) how blood pumps through the body
d)
d) how oxygen moves around the body
6.
Which discoveries could go in Box B? Select the two correct answers.
a)
a) Jupiter’s moons
b)
b) the existence of gravity
c)
c) the compound microscope
d)
d) the invention of movable type
e)
e) Earth’s moon’s mountains and valleys
7.
Who belongs in Box D?
a)
a) Tycho Brahe
b)
b) Isaac Newton
c)
c) Francis Bacon
d)
d) René Descartes
8.
Which phrases best describe parts of Francis Bacon’s scientific method? Select the two correct answers
a)
a) relying on traditional ideas
b)
b) using math to understand the universe
c)
c) observing things in nature
d)
d) using science to solve real-life problems
e)
e) making predictions without observation
9.
How did Isaac Newton develop his scientific method?
a)
a) He combined the ideas of Descartes and Bacon.
b)
b) He used the existing methods of Galileo and Copernicus.
c)
c) He created a method based on instinct and repeatable tests.
d)
d) He followed the Church’s teachings about the presence of God in all things
10.
Which statement summarizes Galileo’s argument?
a)
a) “You cannot ask a scientist to teach something they know to be false.”
b)
b) “We don’t see or understand impossible things, so we can’t teach them.”
c)
c) “Things that can be observed and demonstrated are true; everything else is false.”
d)
d) “Humans cannot change facts, so there’s no use in trying to change how we teach them.”
11.
Describing Earth as the center of the universe
a)
heliocentric
b)
geocentric
c)
rational
d)
dissection
12.
Based on reason and logic
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
rational
d)
dissection
13.
Describing the sun as the center of the universe
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
rational
d)
dissection
14.
The act of cutting something into parts in order to study it
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
rational
d)
dissection
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