Scientific Revolution, Absolutism, and Enlightenment

Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  

• That heaven did not exist
• That Earth revolved around the sun
• Against the law of gravity
• That the sun revolved around the Earth

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

What is the heliocentric theory?

• There is no sun
• The sun is smaller than the Earth
• The sun is the center of the universe
• The Earth in the center of the universe

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Bacon, Galileo, and Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on experimentation & ________.

• observation
• guessing
• research
• what your friends say

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which best describes the scientific method in the appropriate steps?

• Analyze data, research, and experiment
• Experiment, research, question, and analyze data
• Question, hypothesize, experiment, analyze data
• Research, analyze data, and experiment if needed

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

Seventeenth-­‐century scholars Galileo Galilei and Rene Descartes faced serious challenges to their scientific theories because their ideas 

• Were based on the Bible
• Contradicted traditional medieval European beliefs
• Relied on teaching from non-­‐Christian cultures
• Were not supported by scientific investigations.

He was the first to start dissecting humans; he identified/described individual organs and the general structure of the body.

• Francis Bacon

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Antoine Lavoiser

• Andreas Vesalius

He discovered the scientific method; he believed people should use inductive reasoning; he wanted the scientific method to lead to discoveries in industry, agriculture, and trade.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Francis Bacon

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

He founded the idea of rationalism; he said, “I think, therefore I am”

• Rene Descartes

• Isaac Newton

• Harvey

• Galen

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic