Chapter 6 Test Review

The earth-centered view of the universe was called the ___________________________.

• Geocentric Theory

   

• Mesocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Teracentric Theory

The _____________________________ was a new way of thinking about the natural world based upon careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs.

• Enlightenment

• Great Awakening

• Scientific Reformation

• Scientific Revolution

After studying planetary movements, ___________________________ reasoned that indeed, the stars, the earth, and the other planets revolved around the sun.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Francis Bacon

• Galileo Galilei

________________________________ built his own telescope and used it to study the heavens in 1609 and published a small book called Starry Messenger, which described his astonishing observations. 

•  Francis Bacon

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

_______________________ concluded that certain mathematical laws govern planetary motion one of which showed that the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits instead of circles.

•  Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon

The belief that the sun was the center of the universe and that the stars, planets, and moons revolved around it was called

• Geocentric Theory

• Solarcentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Radialcentric Theory

The __________________________ is a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas.

• Enlightened Method

• Socratic Method

• Scientific Method

• Galilei Method

Who believed that by better understanding the world, scientists would generate practical knowledge that would improve people’s lives and urged scientists to experiment and then draw conclusions?

• Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

• René Descartes

• Galileo Galilie

Who's great discovery was that the same force (gravity) ruled motion of the planets and all matter on earth and in space?

• Francis Bacon

• René Descartes

• Issac Newton

• Galileo Galilie

In the 1670s, a Dutch drapery merchant and amateur scientist named ____________________________used a microscope to observe bacteria swimming in tooth scrapings. He also examined red blood cells for the first time.

•  Andreas Vesalius

• Zacharias Janssen

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Gabriel Fahrenheit