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100
What is the name of the blue and green van used by the Scooby Doo gang?
The Mystery Machine
100
Which character in “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” believes in the Great Pumpkin?
Linus
100
From top to bottom, what are the three colors in candy corn?
White, orange, yellow
100
On average, how many seeds are there in a pumpkin?
500
100
What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bat
200
How many laws of Planetary Motion are there?
3
200
The Scientific Revolution came directly after which time period?
A. American Revolution
B. Middle Ages
C. Gilded Age
D. Renaissance
D. Renaissance
200
A person who went against the Church and spread ideas about science could be tried as a _____________________.
A. Traitor
B. Heretic
C. Villian
D. Anarchist
B. Heretic
200
Who invented the scientific method?
A. Galileo
B. Copernicus
C. Francis Bacon
D. Ptolemy
C. Francis Bacon
200
Both humanism and Greek _________________ were important foundations for the study that took place during the Scientific Revolution.
A. Astronomy
B. Philosophy
C. Rationalism
D. Architecture
C. Rationalism
300
_______________________came up with a new model of the universe.
A. Copernicus
B. Galileo
C. Ptolemy
D. Kepler
A. Copernicus
300
___________________ added to Copernicus's model by showing that the planets orbited the sun in ellipses, or oval orbits, and not circles.
A. Galileo
B. Kepler
C. Newton
D. Thompson
B. Kepler
300
_____________________ observed that the surface of the moon is not smooth and that Jupiter has several moons that orbit it.
A. Copernicus
B. Galileo
C. Kepler
D. Newton
B. Galileo
300
___________________ discovered the principles of gravity at work on Earth and in the universe.
A. Copernicus
B. Kepler
C. Galileo
D. Newton
D. Newton
300
The _________________________ was a period of innovation during the 1500s and 1600s.
A. Renaissance
B. Inquisition
C. Science Revolution
D. Middle Ages
C. Scientific Revolution
400
The work of Nicolaus Copernicus had the most direct influence on the work of
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Isaac Newton
C. Johannes Kepler
D. Leonardo da Vinci
C. Johannes Kepler
400
The work of which scientist was most strongly condemned by the Catholic Church?
A. Leonardo da Vinci
B. Galileo Galilei
C. Johannes Kepler
D. Isaac Newton
B. Galileo Galilei
400
The Catholic Church considered some thinkers of the Scientific Revolution to be heretics because they
A. challenged established scientific knowledge
B. questioned claims made in biblical passages
C. provided explanations for the workings of nature
D. believed science was the highest moral authority
B. questioned claims made in biblical passages
400
Which factor sparked the start of the Scientific Revolution?
A. the increasing popularity of Niccolò Machiavelli’s writings
B. the renewed interest in religious texts from ancient Greece
C. the scientific investigations of Leonardo da Vinci
D. the humanist thought that developed in Europe during the Renaissance
D. the humanist thought that developed in Europe during the Renaissance
400
Which statement explains the role of Islam in the development of the Scientific Revolution?
A. Muslim scholars preserved the influential works of ancient Greek thinkers.
B. Muslim thinkers developed and perfected the modern scientific method.
C. Islamic rulers in Europe provided funding for scientific research and technological innovation.
D. Islamic artists developed geometric forms that influenced European thinkers to see the world differently.
A. Muslim scholars preserved the influential works of ancient Greek thinkers.
500
Examine the diagram below.
Which accomplishment best replaces the question mark in the diagram?
A. improved the telescope
B. made discoveries in optics
C. invented the balance scale
D. proposed the heliocentric model
B. made discoveries in optics
500
Which view was criticized most strongly by the thinkers who led the Scientific Revolution?
A. The main reason to investigate nature is to bring improvements to human life.
B. The ancient Greeks and Romans understood the world better than modern Europeans.
C. The values and morals that should govern human life differ from one society to another.
D. The Bible provides adequate answers to all of humanity’s questions about the natural world.
D. The Bible provides adequate answers to all of humanity’s questions about the natural world.
500
During the Scientific Revolution, European scientists focused their work on explaining
A. the workings of the natural world
B. the presence of the divine in nature
C. the effects of society on the individual
D. the workings of advanced technologies
A. the workings of the natural world
500
What was the main difference between the theories of Johannes Kepler and Nicolaus Copernicus?
A. the shape of the planetary orbits
B. the importance of testing predictions
C. the celestial body at the center of the universe
D. the reason for the apparent rising and setting of the sun
A. the shape of the planetary orbits
500
Which activity was central to process of learning that was developed during the Scientific Revolution?
A. constructing laboratories
B. explaining the past
C. analyzing government documents
D. observing of the physical universe
D. observing of the physical universe