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Scientific Method
Test Description: Scientific Method
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What answer choice is NOT giving background information on the scientific revolution?
A
Things such as the telescope, microscope and the printing press were instruments that were invented
B
Nicholas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton were all mathematicians.
C
Constantinople was over taken by a Muslim army
D
Mathematics played an essential role
2) How did the Ptolemaic system explain the universe (solar system)?
A
It said that it did not matter what revolves around what
B
It said Earth is the center of the universe and the Sun and all other planets revolved around the earth
C
It said the Sun is the center of the universe and all the planets revolve around the sun
D
It said Mars rotates around the earth but all other planets revolve around Jupiter
3) How does the Heliocentric model say the universe( solar system) works?
A
Our Earth and every other planet revolves around our sun
B
Saturn has so much mass that it affects Pluto's orbit
C
Our Moon was created by a big asteroid that hit earth and knocked out a big chunk
D
The Sun and all other planets revolve around Earth
4) In his very popular book, The Starry Messenger, what model did Galileo believe in?
A
Ancient Roman Model
B
Ptolemaic
C
Heliocentric
D
Aristotolic
5) Why did the extremely powerful Catholic Church dislike the Heliocentric model so much?
A
Because it goes against how they had interpreted the bible and believed everything revolves around earth
B
People generally just do not like hexogons
C
Because the church had scientific proof that absolutely everything revolves around the Earth
D
Because there was absolutely no evidence that anybody could produce to confirm this idea
6) What did Isaac Newton discover?
A
All motion in the universe is different and there is no possible way to account for its movement
B
He discovered the key ingredient to making salt last forever
C
All motion in the universe is attributed to a mathematically proven law of gravity
D
He discovered how ice is created using heat
7) What did the accomplishments of Robert Boyle contribute to?
A
It contributed to the naming of the planets Pluto and Mercury
B
It contributed to the further explanation of the Heliocentric model
C
It contributed to the systematic naming of chemical elements
D
It contributed to our understanding of how modern engines telescopes work
8) What does Rene Descartes think about acquiring knowledge?
A
Knowledge should only be shared by wealthy people
B
Knowledge is acquired by rationally thinking about something
C
Knowledge is only gained through superstition
D
Knowledge should be learned solely from religious texts
9) Francis Bacon is credited for inventing the scientific method. What is the scientific method?
A
A systematic way in were food is processed and organized in a town market
B
A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence
C
A method in which the principals of physics do not affect nature
D
A way to examine the bible and make generalization about heaven
10) What model describes everything revolving around the Earth?
A
Ptolemaic
B
Scorpioctic
C
Heliocentric
D
Aristotolic
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