Scholars
The work of this scholar is believed to have began the Scientific Revolution.
Who is: Nicholaus Copernicus.
During the Middle Ages, scholars got their ideas about the world from these two sources.
What are: Aristotle and the Bible.
This is an instrument used to view distant object.
What is: The telescope.
This is how Johannes Kepler added support to the heliocentric theory.
What is: Writing mathematical laws that described how planets moved.
This scholar added support to the heliocentric theory by writing mathematical laws that described how the planets moved.
Who is: Johannes Kepler.
Greek rationalism, rediscovered by Renaissance scholars, argued what?
What is: Logic could reveal basic truths.
This is an instrument used to make very small objects visible.
What is: The microscope.
Galileo's discoveries about motion and his observations of plants supported this theory.
What is: Heliocentric Theory.
This scholar used the telescope to explore our galaxy, and was one of the first to realize that the planets traveled around the sun, supporting heliocentric theory.
Who is: Galileo Galilie
Galileo’s discoveries about motion and his observations of the planets supported this theory.
What is: The Heliocentric Theory, the idea that the planets orbit the sun.
This is an instrument used to measure changes in temperature.
What is: The thermometer.
Newton's law of gravity explained this concept.
What is: Why the planets in our solar system orbit the sun.
This scholar explained the law of gravity and wrote the book Principia.
Who is: Isaac Newton.
The Catholic Church objected to Galileo's work because the Church taught this theory.
What is: Geocentric Theory, or that the earth was at the center of the universe/solar system.
A curved transparent material, that when looked through, changes the appearance of an object, often making it appear larger or smaller.
What are: Lenses.
Newton's book, "Principia" described these three laws.
What are: The three laws of Motion.
Name the scholar/inventor, as well as their major invention, during the Scientific Revolution.
Who is:
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - Microscope
Evangelista Torricelli - Barometer
Galilio Galilei - Thermometer
Hans Lippershey - Telescope
In this way, the scientific method changed the way that Europeans viewe the world in the 1500s.
What is: It showed that everything could be explained with logic and reason.
This is an instrument used to measure changes in the pressure of the atmosphere, often used to help predict weather systems.
What is: The barometer.
Give an example of the first step of the scientific method.
What is: Response should be asking a question or stating a problem to be explored.