Scientific Revolution

Question 1

Who wrote “On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres”?

Answer 1

Nicholas Copernicus.

Question 2

Who did the idea of the geocentric model come from?

Answer 2

Ptolemy

Question 3

Copernicus proved the heliocentric model using mathematical formulas, T/F?

Answer 3

True.

Question 4

The church accepted Copernicus’ heliocentric model, T/F?

Answer 4

False, it was rejected because it went against their teachings.

Question 5

How many laws of planetary motion did Johannes Kepler make?

Answer 5

Three.

Question 6

List all of the laws of planetary motion based on Kepler’s work.

Answer 6

1. The path of planets are elliptical and the sun is the center of the path
2. Planets do NOT move at constant speed.
3. The planet’s distance from the sun and the time it takes for an orbit have a mathematical relationship.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

D. Galileo Galilei.

Question 8

How did scholars react to Galilei’s findings?

Answer 8

They did not immediately believe it but later on scientists used their own telescopes to observe the sky.

Question 9

How did the Church react to Galilei’s findings?

Answer 9

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.

Question 10

How many stars did Tycho Brahe accurately plot the position of?

Answer 10

777 stars.

Question 11

Tycho Brahe saw a “fixed star” because it was farther than the Sun, T/F?

Answer 11

False. it was farther than the Moon.

Question 12

What was the title of the book that Brahe published his work on?

Answer 12

De nova stella.

Question 13

Which scientist made the three laws of motion?

A. Francis Bacon
B. Isaac Newton
C. Albert Einstein
D. Aiden Baltazar

Answer 13

B. Isaac Newton.

Question 14

How did Newton’s laws affect how we look at the universe?

Answer 14

Proved that planets do NOT move in a straight line because of the gravitational pull of the Sun.

Question 15

This scientist believed that nature could be understood using the scientific method.

Answer 15

Francis Bacon.

Question 16

Francis Bacon believed that we could form new knowledge by looking at proofs from a general point, which was called deductive reasoning. T/F

Answer 16

False, it was called inductive reasoning.

Question 17

Rene Descartes was famous for the line ______

hint: it implied that it was the truth that he exists.

Answer 17

“I think, therefore I am.”

Question 18

This scientist used deductive reasoning in explaining reality.

A. Rene Descartes
B. Immanuel Kant
C. Karl Marx
D. John Locke

Answer 18

A. Rene Descartes.

Question 19

Andrew Vesalius dissected human bodies to study the human anatomy, which led to the start of modern anatomy, T/f?

Answer 19

True.

Question 20

This scientist discovered that the heart pumped blood through the body, instead of the arteries.

Answer 20

William Harvey.