SS Unit 5 Chapter 3: The Scientific Revolution

Which idea is explained by this diagram?

• a) the origin of life
• b) the distance to Rome
• c) the anatomy of a human
• d) the theory developed by Copernicus

What does the circle at the center of the diagram represent?

• a) the sun
• b) Earth
• c) the moon
• d) the Milky Way

Which statement best explains why the Roman Catholic Church rejected Galileo’s scientific discoveries?

• a) Church leaders feared that Galileo’s discoveries would make people convert to other religions.
• b) Church leaders feared the rise of new technology.
• c) Church leaders felt that Galileo’s discoveries went against the Bible’s teachings.
• d) Church leaders were concerned that Galileo was becoming too powerful.

Which phrases best describe Renaissance ideas that influenced the Scientific Revolution? Select the two correct answers

• a) encouraging curiosity
• b) focusing on spirituality
• c) maintaining traditions
• d) defending rights
• e) exploring new lands

Which discovery belongs in Box A?

• a) how to heal wounds faster
• b) how muscles are structured
• c) how blood pumps through the body
• d) how oxygen moves around the body

Which discoveries could go in Box B? Select the two correct answers.

• a) Jupiter’s moons
• b) the existence of gravity
• c) the compound microscope
• d) the invention of movable type
• e) Earth’s moon’s mountains and valleys

Who belongs in Box D?

• a) Tycho Brahe
• b) Isaac Newton
• c) Francis Bacon
• d) René Descartes

Which phrases best describe parts of Francis Bacon’s scientific method? Select the two correct answers

• a) relying on traditional ideas
• b) using math to understand the universe
• c) observing things in nature
• d) using science to solve real-life problems
• e) making predictions without observation

How did Isaac Newton develop his scientific method?

• a) He combined the ideas of Descartes and Bacon.
• b) He used the existing methods of Galileo and Copernicus.
• c) He created a method based on instinct and repeatable tests.
• d) He followed the Church’s teachings about the presence of God in all things

Which statement summarizes Galileo’s argument?

• a) “You cannot ask a scientist to teach something they know to be false.”
• b) “We don’t see or understand impossible things, so we can’t teach them.”
• c) “Things that can be observed and demonstrated are true; everything else is false.”
• d) “Humans cannot change facts, so there’s no use in trying to change how we teach them.”