Galileo
What are three ways that best describes the method of gaining scientific knowledge?
Observations, facts, and theories
What is a theory?
An explanation based on facts.
Newton's laws of motion describe how...
Objects move in space.
If repeated experiments show that a theory is incorrect, a scientist would most likely...
Develop a new theory.
Rationalists are people who...
Look at the world in a reasonable and logical way.
Ancient Greek thinkers emphasized...
The use of observation and logic.
Galileo Galilei is known as the father of experimental science becasue...
He was the first person to routinely use experiments to test theories.
What role did the Muslims play in Scientific Revolution?
Their translation of Ancient Greek writings preserved ancient knowledge.
How did Sir Isaac Newton's work change the way people thought about light?
He showed that light is made up of all the colors of the rainbow.
Who was an ancient astronomer and mapmaker?
Ptolemy
Alchemy helped bring about the Scientific Revolution because it showed that...
Experimentation could help people learn about the world.
What event first caused Renaissance scholars to doubt Ancient Greek thought?
Columbus's discovery of the Americas.
The discovery of North America stunned Europeans because...
North America did not appear on Ancient Greek maps.
which of the following was one of Newton's ideas, the microscope, the barometer, the law of mathematics, or the law of gravity?
The law of gravity.
Why were Newton's laws important to modern science?
The laws explained the physical world looked.
The series of events that led to the birth of modern science is called...
The scientific Revolution.
Careful and detailed recording of information is important in science because...
other scientists can use what has been previously learned.
Which astronomer is known for proving that planets move in elliptical orbits?
Johannes Kepler
Copernicus's ideas were...
Revolutionary because he theorized that the planets orbited the sun.
Which of the following best explains how exploration contributed to the Scientific Revolution?
Exploration led scholars to challenge the thoughts of the ancient Greeks.
Nicolaus Copernicus did not want yo publish his book because he...
was afraid of religious persecution.