WorksheetsPRACTICE Quizizz M12 L1: The Scientific Revolution
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
Why was Copernicus’s theory revolutionary?
It agreed with Luther’s ideas;
It contradicted the teachings of ancient scholars and the Catholic Church;
It went against the theories of Isaac Newton;
What does the term heliocentric refer to?
It is a branch of mathematics;
It means "to go against";
It means "sun-centered".
These two men provided data to help prove the heliocentric theory and provided evidence for elliptical orbits:
Bacon and Descartes;
Plato and Aristotle;
Brahe and Kepler;
This is a step-by-step process for discovering scientific facts
Scientific Method
Heliocentric
Rene Descartes
Empiricism
Isaac Newton
He was a Polish astronomer who proposed that the sun was at the center of the universe, not Earth.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Rene Descartes
Scientific Method
This is the force that keeps planets in their orbits around the sun.
Gravity
Heliocentric
Galileo Galilei
Empiricism
Scientific Method
The Inquisition forced this Italian astronomer to say he believed Earth was at the center of universe.
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Rene Descartes
Scientific Method
