Scientific Revolution

When scientists use the scientific method, they base their findings on

• predestination and data analysis.

• data collection and intuition.

• observation and experimentation.

• hypotheses and second-hand information.

In the scientific method, scientists propose a logical __________, which they then test.

• hypothesis

• calculus

• contradict

• heliocentric

When tried before the Inquisition, __________ was forced to say that the earth stands motionless at the center of the universe.

• René Descartes

• Francis Bacon

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

The Scientific Method had its beginnings in work by which writer?

• Michelangelo

• Plato

• Kepler

• Shakespeare

What does the term heliocentric refer to?

• a branch of mathematics

• a person who is an expert in wisdom or knowledge

• to go against

• being sun-centered

René Descartes believed that people could discover basic truths through

• observation.

• experimentation.

• reasoning.

• traditional sources of knowledge.

Who developed calculus?

• René Descartes

• Isaac Newton

• Tycho Brahe

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Which Danish astronomer provided data that would support Copernicus's theories?

• Johannes Kepler

• Isaac Newton

• Tycho Brahe

• Galileo Galilei

Which statement about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate?

• New ideas supported the geocentric theory of

  Ptolemy.

• Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about

  the universe.

• The Bible was used to justify new scientific

  findings.

• The existence of natural laws was rejected.

The “heliocentric theory” proposed during the Scientific Revolution challenged the ___.

• geocentric theory.

• political scientists.

• mathematical theories.

• observed patterns of the earth.