Renaissance Scientific Inquiry

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The changes during the Renaissance that caused natural philosophers to abandon their old views were _____

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scientific discoveries

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Renaissance humanists found out more about the various views of ancient thinkers through _____, which affected how they approached scientific study.

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the study of classical texts

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What was the Ptolemaic system?

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A geocentric model of the universe

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Copernicus and Kepler disputed and disproved the Ptolemaic system by proposing _____

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heliocentric model

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How did Galileo’s ideas contribute to the abandonment of belief in the Ptolemaic system?

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By providing evidence for the heliocentric model

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The Church was against the Copernicus theory because it contradicted _____.

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the geocentric model

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Why was Newton’s universal law of gravitation important?

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It explained the motion of planets and objects on Earth.

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How did knowledge of the human body change in the sixteenth century? Options: Through the invention of the microscope, By the publication of detailed anatomical drawings, Due to the discovery of X-rays, With the development of germ theory

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By the publication of detailed anatomical drawings

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How did the invention of the microscope advance the study of biology?

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It allowed scientists to observe cells and microorganisms, leading to discoveries in cell theory and microbiology.

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Influences on Enlightenment thinkers included _______________ and his belief in a tabula rasa and _______________ and his idea of natural laws.

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John Locke, Hobbes