The Scientific Revolution

Which of the following choices BEST DESCRIBES Ptolemy and the Ptolemaic Method (Hint: Geocentric Model)?

• Ptolemy was an astronomer who used algebra, geometry, and the scientific method to draw conclusions about the universe.

• Ptolemy believed the sun was the center of the universe and the planets rotated around the sun in an elliptical shape.

• Aristotle, the church, and medieval astronomers used his work to explain the universe and the position of the earth.

• Ptolemy was good friends with Galileo Galilei. Their use of the telescope helped prove the Geocentric Model to be wrong.

Fill in the Blank  During the Scientific Revolution, Scientists argued the _______ was at the center of our solar system.

• Sun

• Moon

• Stars

• Earth

Which scientist/mathematician showed that the planets’ orbit around the sun was not circular but rather elliptical?     

• Galileo

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

Which of the following describes the Copernican idea?

• The church supported the Copernican idea and the work of Kepler, Copernicus, and Galileo.

• The Copernican idea crippled the church’s authority because it proved the earth was not at the center of the universe like the church had taught.

• The Copernican idea was important because it proved that humans were at the center of the universe and God was in a specific place.

• None of the Above

Who was the first to develop the scientific method?

• Galileo Gaililei

• Johannes Kepler

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Rene Descartes

Identify the Astronomer shown below who after 25 years of study was the 1st to conclude that the stars, earth, and planets all rotate around the sun. 

• Rene Descartes

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

Which scientist used mathematics to prove that the planets rotate around the sun in the shape of an ellipse not a circle?

• Rene Descartes

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Match the following

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• First to develop the Scientific Method

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Discovered planets orbit in the shape of an ellipse; not perfect circles

• Johannes Kepler

• Calculated the speed of falling objects

• Galileo Galilei

• Developed the Law of Gravity

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Developed the Heliocentric Model

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Heliocentric Model

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(b) Geocentric Model

• Supported by Galileo Galilei

• Developed first by Nicolaus Copernicus

• Supported by Aristotle and the Catholic Church

• Planets revolve around the Sun

• Developed first by Ptolemy

• Planets move in perfect circles

• Incorrectly placed Earth at the center of the universe

• Opposed by the Catholic Church initially

• Believed to be true for over a thousand years

• Challenged by the heliocentric model

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• Revolutionized astronomy

• 
• "Earth centered" Model

• Modern understanding of the solar system

• "Sun centered" Model

Reorder the following events from earliest to most recent

• Nicolaus Copernicus develops a "sun centered" model of the solar system

• Johannes Kepler discovers planets rotate in ellipses

• Ptolemy develops an "earth centered" model of the solar system

• Discovers Jupiters moons rotate in an ellipse around the planet. Further confirming Copernicus' model.

• This model is supported by Aristotle and the Catholic Church