Scientific Revolution

Question 1

What cased the Scientific Revolution?

Answer 1

1540-1700
Birth of Modern Science
Science means knowledge or understanding
Revolution was a “radical” new idea and way of looking at the world

Question 2

What is Geocentric?

Answer 2

The belief that the earth is the center of the universe

Question 3

What is Heliocentric?

Answer 3

The belief that the sun is the center of the universe

Question 4

What were some of the new inventions during the Scientific Revolution

Answer 4

Thermometer, Telescope, Microscope, and Barometer

Question 5

What is a thermometer?

Answer 5

• instrument to measure temperature

- invented by Galileo

Question 6

What is a Telescope?

Answer 6

• instrument using lens to observe distant objects

- invented by Dutch lens maker but improved by Galileo

Question 7

What is a microscope?

Answer 7

• instrument to magnify

- invented by Dutch lens maker Zacharias Janssen

Question 8

What is a barometer?

Answer 8

• instrument to measure air pressure
• helps forecast weather
• invented by Italian Scientist Evangalista Torriceli

Question 9

Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?

Answer 9

• Polish Astronomer
• Wrote a book credited with starting the Scientific Revolution
• Shared his observations that the sun was the center of the universe and offering a new idea against Ptolemy idea that the Earth was the center of the unvierse.

Question 10

Who was Galileo Galilei?

Answer 10

• First person to study the sky with a telescope
• discovered craters and mountains on the moon
• interested in how objects moved /mechanics
• first to use experiments to test theories

Question 11

Who was Isaac Newton?

Answer 11

• Laws of Gravity
• Laws of Motion (For every action there is an equal reaction)
• invented calculus
• wrote Principia of Mathmatica

Question 12

Who was Francis Bacon?

Answer 12

• English Philosopher
• Read the works of great scientists
• Wanted science to be learned in a SYSTEMATIC way

Question 13

Who was Rene Descartes?

Answer 13

• French Philosopher
• believes knowledge begins with doubt rather than faith
• to be accepted idea it must be PROVEN

Question 14

What is the Scientific Method?

Answer 14

• A step by step method for performing experiments and scientific research.
• combination of Bacon and Descartes ideas

Question 15

What are the 6 steps of the Scientific Method?

Answer 15

1. State the problem
2. Gather info
3. Form a hypothesis
4. Test
5. Record
6. Conclusion

Question 16

What did the Scientific Revolution lead to?

Answer 16

The Enlightenment Era