Scientific Revolution

What is the foundation of scientific knowledge?

• Authority

• Education

• Logic

• Observation

After the scientific revolution, people were less likely to _________ the explanations of authority figures about how the world operates.

• fight

• accept

• reject

How did a growing interest in alchemy contribute to the scientific revolution?

• It encouraged the use of reason

• It encouraged attention to the natural world

• It promoted the use of experiments

• It promoted the rejection of religious authority

The growth of ________ helped lead to the Scientific Revolution.

• war

• bubonic plague

• discoveries

• humanism

What might cause scientists to reject a theory?

• If experiments prove the theory wrong

• the use of logic

• observing the facts

• the use of logicIf experiments prove the theory right

What developments in Europe influences the Scientific Revolution?

• Rennaissance and reformation

• Humanism and counter-reformation

• Printing press and 30 years war

• Humanism and alchemy

What is alchemy?

• A sacred place for Greeks

• the process of transmutation of metals into gold.

• A way of thinking

• Aristotle's brother

What is scientific revolution?

• A heavy metal band

• The period of time during the Middle Ages

• A radical new idea based on observation and experimantation

• The ancient Greek observation method