Great mathematician and physicist who brought together the theories and discoveries of Copernicus and Galileo under a single theory of motion know as law of gravitational pull.
Who is Issac Newton
100
He discovered the law of the pendulum and the fact that falling objects accelerate at fixed and predictable rates. His finding did not along with the church authorities.
Who is Galileo Galilei
100
Most powerful church in the world during the Scientific Revolution.
What is the Roman Catholic church?
100
Invented mercury themometer.
Who is Fahrenheit?
100
Copernicus' sun-centered theory was called this.
What is Heliocentric theory?
200
This pioneer used the scientific method in chemistry to help explain characteristics of gases.
Who is Robert Boyle
200
City that the pope lives in. Vatican City is located here.
What is Rome?
200
Leeuwenhoek observed this through a microscope.
What is bacteria or blood cells?
200
Galileo faced this holy office for expressing controversial views.
What is Inquisition?
300
Studied planetary movements. Became known for his heliocentric theory. Fearing ridicule/persecution, he didn't publish his finding until after his death.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
300
This was a new method and approach to science.
What is the scientific method?
300
What was Galileo Galilei's punishment after he "recanted" his views about the universe.
What is put under house arrest.
300
Invents barometer.
Who is Torricelli?
300
British physician who introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox.
Who is Edward Jenner?
400
This mathematician used the data of Tycho Brahe to prove that Copernicus was right about the motion of the planets.
What is Who is Jonannes Kepler
400
What is one step in the scientific method?
What is observation, or experimentation, analysis, and interpretation of data?
400
Religion that began during the Reformation when they broke away from Catholicism.
What is protestant or Lutheran?
400
Centers of Enlightenment where located mostly on this continent.
What is Europe?
400
Andreas Vesalius studied this for his medical research.
What is the human body or human corpses?
500
English politician and writer had a passionate interest in science in his writing. He criticized the techniques of the ancient and medieval scholars. He argued for the adoption of new scientific techniques such as the experimental method.
Who is Francis Bacon
500
Mathematician developed analytical geometry, which links algebra and geometry. He urged scientists to rely on mathematics and logic to teach fundamental truths about the natural world.
Who is Rene Descartes
500
The Scientific Revolution took place in this century.
What is 1500s, 1600s, or early 1700s?
500
Name of one Enlightenment Center.
What is London, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, or others?
500
During the Scientific Revolution, people began to use this__________________ to determine the scientific truth?