Mystery
traditional authorities were ____________ before the Scientific Revolution
Catholic church
Who created the elliptical orbit theory
Kepler
Which invention allowed Galileo Galilei to prove Copernicus’s theory was correct?
Telescope
How did Sir Francis Bacon change the way Europeans viewed the world?
Scientific Method
▪ Improved the telescope
▪ Improved the microscope
▪ Identified the moons of Jupiter
▪ Supported the heliocentric theory
Galileo
Why did Francis Bacon believe it was important to control factors in experiments?
Because experiments could be repeated and measured
What is geocentric and heliocentric theory
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How did Francis Bacon define progress?
Scientific knowledge being applied to human problems
Which mathematical concept did Isaac Newton create
Calculus
How did the Protestant Reformation lead to the Scientific Revolution?
People started to question the Catholic Church
1. The scientist states a question or problem.
2. The scientist forms a hypothesis, or assumption, about the problem.
3. The scientist designs and conducts an experiment to test the hypothesis.
4. The scientist measures the data, or information, produced by the experiment and records the results.
5. The scientist analyzes the data to determine whether the hypothesis is correct.
Scientific Method
_____________ questioned traditional beliefs about the universe
Scientists
"Cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am")
Descartes
What is considered to be Isaac Newton's greatest discovery?
Gravity
Scientists of this time stated that knowledge should be based on:
experimentation and observation
What are the three laws of motion?
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What was Newton attempting to explain with his 3 Laws of Motion?
The movement of objects using math formulas
Belief in reason and logic as a source of knowledge is:
Rationalism
Why did Galileo Galilei and René Descartes face backlash for their scientific theories?
They contradicted teachings of the Catholic Church
How were the works of both scientists and philosophers during the Scientific Revolution similar
They studied the natural laws that existed in the universe
What happened when Galileo dropped two balls of different weights from the top of the tower of Pisa?
They both landed at the same exact time
Why did Copernicus not agree with the Geocentric Model
It did not align with the fact that planets appeared to be moving backwards
Rationalism is:
The belief that reason is the main source of knowledge
Scientists started to challenge authority during the Scientific Revolution by:
Testing old beliefs using things such as logic, math, and observation
Before the Scientific Revolution the main sources of thinking about the natural world were:
The Bible and teachings of Greeks