Scientific Revolution Quiz

Isaac Newton is considered as the Father of Biology and also classified as the Father of Zoology.

• TRUE

• FALSE

He invented the barometer that is used to measure air pressure in 1840.

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Evangelista Torricelli

• Rene Descartes

Franciscus Sylvius is one of the earliest biologist that introduced the idea of chemical affinity to explain the human body's use of salts.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A Botanist from 17th century and sought to explain sap pressure in plants by describing a mechanism by which plants permit the entrance but not the exit of liquid

• Edme Marriotte

• Claudius Galenus

• Rene Descartes

• Marcello Malpighi

Painted during the early years of the Scientific Revolution in 1632, this artwork portrays the public dissection of a criminal's body.

• The Enlightenment

• The persistence of memory

• The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt

• Starry Night

Kepler examined the planetary orbits, aiming to uncover a comprehensive scheme that delineated the universe's structure based on straightforward geometry.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Simon Steven was the first to demonstrate that the circulation of blood through the human body

• TRUE

• FALSE

An instrument for viewing distant objects, named after the great Italian scientist Galileo Galilei.

• Crude Telescope

• Galilean Telescope

• Refractor Telescope

• Cassegraine Telescope

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier is the father of chemistry.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The most influential scientist of all time, and explained his theories in the 1687 revolutionary work Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier

• Rene Descartes