Exploring the Key Figures of the Scientific Revolution

What was one of the main causes of the Scientific Revolution?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Renaissance

• The French Revolution

• The Enlightenment

How did the Age of Exploration contribute to the Scientific Revolution?

• It led to the discovery of new planets.

• It created growth in science through new instruments and questioning of traditional beliefs.

• It resulted in the invention of the printing press.

• It caused the fall of the Roman Empire.

What was the geocentric theory?

• The theory that the Earth is the center of the universe.

• The theory that the Earth is flat.

• The theory that the Sun orbits the Earth.

• The theory that the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun.

What did Copernicus propose in the early 1500s?

• The theory of relativity

• The theory of evolution

• The heliocentric theory

• The geocentric theory

What is one of Kepler's three laws of planetary motion?

• Planets move in straight lines.

• Planets move in orbits shaped like an ellipse.

• Planets move in circular orbits.

• Planets move in random paths.

What did Kepler's laws influence?

• Darwin's theories

• Einstein's theories

• Newton's laws

• Galileo's theories

What did Galileo discover with his telescope?

• The moons of Mars

• The asteroid belt

• The phases of Venus

• The rings of Saturn

What did Galileo observe about Jupiter?

• It is the center of the universe.

• It is flat.

• It has four moons.

• It has rings.

What was Isaac Newton's greatest discovery?

• The theory of relativity

• The theory of evolution

• The law of gravity

• The heliocentric theory

What is the name of the book published by Newton in 1687?

• Principia

• The Origin of Species

• The Republic

• The Divine Comedy