Unit 8: Scientific Revolution LT2

How did the Catholic Church react to the new scientific findings and theories during the Scientific Revolution?

• Many of the scientists were Catholic, so the church did not mind them at all

• They did not accept many of the findings and labeled many scientists heretics

• They were very appreciative of the work done by the scientists

Tycho Brahe was an astronomer well known for ________.

• inventing the printing press

• discovering that the Earth was not at the center of the universe

• keeping very detailed and accurate records of his observations that could be passed down

• discovering the planet Pluto

The Heliocentric model told that the ______ was at the center of the universe.

• Sun

• Earth

Who helped create the first telescope that modern science still uses today?

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Descartes

What did Galileo observe through the telescope?

• craters in the moon

• several moons around Jupiter

• evidence supporting a sun-centered universe

• All the above

Francis Bacon played a key role in developing the scientific method. What are some steps of this method? (Select all that apply).

• State a hypothesis

• Record data and observations

• Form conclusions from the results (confirm or deny your hypothesis)

• Test the hypothesis with experimentation

One of Sir Isaac Newton's most influential laws was the _______.

• law of atoms

• law of math

• law of gravity

• law of time and space

How did Sir Isaac Newton come up with the law of gravity?

• He had a dream about the idea

• He read about it in Francis Bacon's book

• He saw gravity one day while in his lab

• He observed the force of an apple falling from a tree

Why is it important that Descartes wrote his book "Discourse on the Method" in French and not Latin?

• The common person could not read Latin, so this made the book more accessible to all men and women.

• Descartes felt that only the French could comprehend his teachings

• The French language was for the elite, and he only wanted the upper class to read his book

Johannes Kepler is known for _______.

• inventing glasses for the near & far sighted

• making discoveries about planetary motion (how fast & the that planets move in)

• being an assistant to Tycho Brahe

• All the above