Scientific Revolution

What was the MOST significant discovery that occurred as a result of Galileo’s interest in the telescope?

• He eventually saw that the planets revolved around the sun.

• He learned how to grind lenses and make his own telescopes.

• He earned a living by making telescopes for Venice merchants.

• He discovered stars that nobody else had ever seen.

Which of these theories of elliptical orbits did Johannes Kepler establish?

• There is an exact relationship between a planet’s distance from the sun and the amount of time it takes to revolve around the sun. (year)

• Planets farther from the sun have a more pronounced elliptical orbit than planets that are closer to the sun.

• Planets closer to the sun move faster around the sun than planets far away from the sun. (Speed)

• As planets get closer to the sun, the speed at which they travel increases.

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What was the main result of the Scientific Revolution that occurred in Early Modern Europe?

• People's understanding of the world improved.

• People stopped using the scientific method.

• People developed many false assumptions about the world.

• People were persecuted for giving science more importance than religion.

Which law of motion is this?"A golf ball remains on a tee until someone hits it with a club."

• 1st Law: Object at rest stays at rest...

• 2nd Law: The greater the weight, the more force...

• 3rd Law: Every action has a reaction...

Galileo dropped two cannonballs of different weights to demonstrate that...

• they would land at the SAME time

• they would land at DIFFERENT times

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Which centuries witnessed a scientific revolution in Europe?

• 16,17,18th

• 12,13,14th

• 11,12,13th

• 15,16,17th

From ancient Greece until the Renaissance, what did most people believe about Earth’s place in the universe?

• They believed there wasn’t a center of the universe.

• They believed our solar system was the center of the universe.

• They believed Earth was at the center of the universe.

• They believed that the sun was at the center of the universe.

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Galileo’s experiment paved the way for the

• Scientific Method

• Laws of Motion

• Reformation

• Renaissance

Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  

• That heaven did not exist

• That Earth revolved around the sun

• Against the law of gravity

• That the sun revolved around the Earth

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According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth

• Was the center of the Universe

• Was the biggest star

•  Had many moons