Scientific Revolution Flashcards
Who wrote “On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres”?
Nicholas Copernicus.
Who did the idea of the geocentric model come from?
Ptolemy
Copernicus proved the heliocentric model using mathematical formulas, T/F?
True.
The church accepted Copernicus’ heliocentric model, T/F?
False, it was rejected because it went against their teachings.
How many laws of planetary motion did Johannes Kepler make?
Three.
List all of the laws of planetary motion based on Kepler’s work.
- The path of planets are elliptical and the sun is the center of the path
- Planets do NOT move at constant speed.
- The planet’s distance from the sun and the time it takes for an orbit have a mathematical relationship.
This scientist used the telescope to confirm the planets move around the sun.
A. Tycho Brahe
B. Johannes Kepler
C. Nicholas Copernicus
D. Galileo Galilei
D. Galileo Galilei.
How did scholars react to Galilei’s findings?
They did not immediately believe it but later on scientists used their own telescopes to observe the sky.
How did the Church react to Galilei’s findings?
They authorized him to compare the findings of Ptolemy and Copernicus, but once he proved that Copernicus’ work was more accurate, Galileo’s teachings of the Heliocentric model and his books were banned.
How many stars did Tycho Brahe accurately plot the position of?
777 stars.
Tycho Brahe saw a “fixed star” because it was farther than the Sun, T/F?
False. it was farther than the Moon.
What was the title of the book that Brahe published his work on?
De nova stella.
Which scientist made the three laws of motion?
A. Francis Bacon
B. Isaac Newton
C. Albert Einstein
D. Aiden Baltazar
B. Isaac Newton.
How did Newton’s laws affect how we look at the universe?
Proved that planets do NOT move in a straight line because of the gravitational pull of the Sun.
This scientist believed that nature could be understood using the scientific method.
Francis Bacon.
