SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION TEST 2023

What did ancient scientists like the Greeks use to study science?

• tests

• experiments

• math

• reason

What answer best describes the accomplishment of ancient scientists?

• They discovered scientific truths used today

• They developed scientific theories

• Their experiments led to scientific laws

For a scientific theory to be TRUE, the theory must:

• be based on common sense

• be observed over and over

• be tested with multiple experiments

Ptolemy's geocentric theory was developed during the Scientific Revolution.

• True

• False

"Geo' means earth and "centric" means:

• common sense

• theory

• experiment

• middle

The geocentric and falling objects theories were at FIRST the result of:

• reason

• experiments

• scientific tests

The first science to be studied at the start of the Scientific Revolution was:

• the science of gravity

• the science of astronomy

• the science of motion

• the science of falling objects

The main scientific approach used by ancient scientists was:

• math and experiments

• the testing of scientific laws

• neither answer is correct

Which idea about astronomy is FALSE?

• Gravity in space

• Planets orbit the sun

• An ellipses is a circular path

Who developed the heliocentric theory?

• Newton

• Kepler

• Galileo

• None are correct