Scientific Revolution Question Preview (ID: 29840)

a) that planets orbit around the sun.

b) that planets rotate in eliptical orbits.

c) that all heavenely bodies (planets, stars, sun) rotate around Earth.

d) that planets rotate in perfect circles around the Earth.

a) came from all those listed.

b) came from Greek ideas and text such as Aristotle and Ptolemy.

c) came from Christian scholars such as, Thomas Aquinas.

d) came from Jewish scholars who connected Judaism to Aristole's teachings.

a) the center of the universe contains a black hole.

b) planetary objects rotate around the sun.

c) the center of the universe contains large rock formations.

d) planetary objects rotate around the earth.

a) Facts or information gathered in an experiment.

b) An idea or assumption to be tested by an experiment.

c) An experiment used to learn new information.

d) The results a scientist publishes after an experiment.

a) Kepler discovered the planet Venus.

b) Kepler discovered that the Moon has craters.

c) Kepler figured out that the planets move in elliptical (oval-shaped) orbits.

d) Kepler discovered that the sun is a mass of incandescent gas.

a) Kepler

b) Copernicus

c) Newton

d) Bacon

a) Aristotle

b) Copernicus

c) Kepler

d) Newton

a) scientific method

b) gravity

c) light

d) planetary orbits

a) When Muslims attacked, European scientists created new weapons to defend themselves.

b) Many, though not all, of the scientists of the Scientific Revolution were secretly Muslims.

c) Muslims suggested changes to the Catholic Church.

d) Europeans learned from Muslims scholars: preserved ancient texts, developed many advanced scientific ideas.

a) Aristotle and the Bible

b) The Bible and the Qur’an

c) The Bible and Galileo

d) Martin Luther and the Bible