1. A New View of the Universe Topic

2. Essential Question How did the view of the universe change during the Scientific Revolution? Essential Question

3. Who was Ptolemy and what did he believe about the universe? Ancient Greco-Roman astrologer & astronomer Believed in a geocentric theory of the universe – it says the sun, moon, stars, and planets revolve around the earth

4. Who was Nicolaus Copernicus and what did he believe about the universe? Polish astronomer and mathematician After 25 years of studying, he concluded that the sun was the center of the universe not the earth Most people at the time did not believe his theory.

5. Who was Johannes Kepler and what did he believe about the universe? A German astronomer Helped to prove Copernicus’s heliocentric theory of the universe – it says that the earth revolves around the sun

6. Summary Write a 5+ sentence summary explaining how the view of the universe changed from Ptolemy to Copernicus and Kepler.