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2. How did our view of the universe evolve during the Scientific Revolution?

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7. What was the Scientific Revolution?

8. It was an era when a series of birth led to the birth of modern science.

9. During what time did the Scientific Revolution occur?

10. It began in roughly 1543 and ended in the 1700s.

11. How did ancient Greeks influence the scientific revolution?

12. Scientists looked towards the theories of Greek rationalists and continued to use logic to explain the world around them.
A 300

13. What role did Muslims play in the Scientific Revolution?

14. Their translation of ancient Greek writings preserved ancient knowledge.

15. Whose book was thought to have marked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution?

16. Nicolaus Copernicus.
A 500

17. What is the difference between heliocentric and geocentric?

18. Heliocentric models of the universe place the sun in the middle of the solar system with planets orbiting around it. Geocentric models show the earth as the unmoving center of the solar system.
B 100

19. According to Kepler, planets move in this kind of orbit.

20. elliptical
B 200

21. Why was Galileo Galielei known as the father of experimental science?
B 300

22. He was the first person to frequently use experiments to test his theories.
B 300

23. Make an inference: why didn’t Copernicus want to publish his book?

24. He was concerned about the Church's reaction and facing religious persecution.

25. Contrast Brahe and Kepler’s models of the solar system.

26. Believed the earth did not move.
Brahe
Kepler
Believed the earth did not move.
Combination of Geo and Heliocentric models.
Studied the orbit of Mars.
Believed the earth rotated around the sun.
Heliocentric model.
Discovered elliptical orbits.
Used data about
Mars’ orbit to prove elliptical orbits.
B 500

27. He discovered that light was made up of a spectrum of color.

28. Sir Isaac Newton
C 100

29. Why were Newton’s laws important to modern science?

30. His laws explained how the physical world works.

31. Newton explained why objects fall by writing his laws on…

32. Gravity
C 300

33. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
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C 400

34. Finish this phrase, “objects in motion will remain in motion, objects at rest will…”

35. “…at rest will remain at rest until an unbalanced force acts upon it.”

36. Newton’s publication of this book marked the high point of the Scientific Revolution…

37. The Principia Mathematica.

38. This device measures temperature.

39. Thermometer?
D 100

40. This was originally a toy until once scientist flipped and curved the lenses improving function up to 20 times.
D 200

41. Telescope
D 200

42. Dutch scientist Antoni Van Leeuwehoek first used this invention.

43. Microscope
D 300

44. Invented by Galileo’s friend in 1643, it measures pressure

45. barometer
D 400

46. How did Newton improve the telescope?

47. He created a refracting telescope that could more accurately show color.

48. This is the bases of the scientific method…

49. Experiment and observation

50. The solution that a scientist tries to solve is a….

51. hypothesis
E 200

52. Newton’s theories were proved so many times that they are now referred to as…

53. laws
E 300

54. Rene Descartes argues that knowledge begins with…

55. Doubt
E 400

56. The work of these two scholars was combined to create the scientific method.

57. Bacon and Descartes.
E 500

58. How did alchemy help bring about the Scientific Revolution?

59. Alchemists proved the experimentation could help us learn about the world.
F 100

60. Why did the Church and science come into conflict?

61. Science often contradicted Church teachings and weakened Church power.

62. What did Galileo have to admit be avoid being executed by the Inquisition?
F 300

63. He had to admit that the heliocentric model of the solar system was wrong.

64. Who was the English philosopher that said science should be pursued systematically?
F 400

65. Francis Bacon
F 400

66. Explain the advancement of theories about the universe.

67. Geocentric models (Greek), heliocentric model with circular orbits (Copernicus’), observation proving heliocentric model (Galileo), elliptical orbits (Kepler)
F 500