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World History - Scientific Revolution
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1
This rock star scientist also created the mathematical discipline of ___ to prove his theories.
caluculus
trigonometry
deferential equations
analytic geometry
2
A new approach to science emerged based on ____ and _____.
discovery and theory
observation and expermentation
doubt and reason
questioning and searching
3
This French physician created first ointment for infection, artificial limbs, surgical methods.
Pascal
Pare
Vesalius
Pasteur
4
The English philosopher who stressed experimentation & observation for practical purposes was_.
Bacon
Boyle
Harvey
Newton
5
He also believed a single force, gravity, kept planets (& moons) in orbit around Sun.He wrote
Principia
On Gravity
Nature of Planets
Does the Earth Move
6
The French mathematician who believed reason was the only way to determine truth was ___
Pasteur
Descartes
Pare
Vesalius
7
Essential to the scientific method was sharing it with other scientists, why?
think of new experiments to perform
so they could perform same experiment & confirm results
know the latest ideas
so they could build on achieved results
8
What German astronomer used #3 astronomer's findings to discover planets move in ellipses?
Sir Isaac Newton
Nicholaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
9
This same questioning of traditional authorities occurred in medicine against which authority?
Vesalius
Galen
Aristotle
Ptolemy
10
This English scientist describe circulatory system & how heart pumps blood.
Boyle
Harvey
Newton
Bacon
11
What Italian astronomer found inertia, made a telescope, saw Moon & four moons of Jupiter?
Galileo Galilei
Nicholaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
12
Newton believed God created universe & set it running, then stepped back, not active. This was
atheism
deism
new form of Christianity
agnosticism
13
Another French mathematician who explained the scientific method well & created calculator was.
Pare
Vesalius
Descartes
Pascal
14
What idea from the Renaissance and Reformation inspired the Scientific Revolution?
experimentation like in alchemy
asking questions, not just accepting traditional answers
education so people can read Bible, books for themselves
using reason
15
The Roman Catholic Church was not happy & tried to ban these findings using the ______
science they created
printing press
Inquisition
schools they created
16
In medieval times, scientists tried to convert base metals into gold. This was ___.
chemistry
witchcraft
alchemy
magic
17
Newton believed in a mechanical universe. It was like a ___ created by God.
railroad train
comet streaking through the sky
scientific experiment
giant machine
18
However, the Protestants, newly broken off from Catholic Church, believed what?
needed to be stopped
pretty much science, use of reason was good
Scientific revolution was wrong
they were indifferent to science
19
His idea of an orderly universe will hold true for 250 years until ___ in early 20th century.
theory of relativity
uncertainty principle
all of the above
quantum physics
20
Why was the Roman Catholic Church so set in its beliefs on geocentric theory?
it fit the church's belief that man was climax of creation
it showed God's concern for man
classical scholars Ptolemy, Aristotle created it
all of the above
21
This astronomer in #11 started with doubt & reduced all knowledge to his statement "___."
All matter is energy converted
Light is a spectrum of all colors
I think therefore I am
To see is to know
22
This Englishman saw chemicals as basic building blocks. He made laws on temperature & pressure
Boyle
Newton
Bacon
Harvey
23
The two men credited with coming up with the Scientific Method were ___ and ___.
Bacon and Newton
Bacon and Descartes
Aristotle and Descartes
Newton and Descartes
24
Newton believed in an orderly, knowable universe based on ____ that could be discovered, used.
scientific laws
reason
theories of universe
asking questions
25
Who was Danish astronomer who built an observatory & observed planet and star motion for years?
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
Nicolaus Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton
26
The scientific method begins with stating the problem then ____
experimenting
forming a hypothesis
analyzIng information
gathering information
27
Who created the first accurate study of human anatomy, thanks to autopsies?
Vesalius
Pare
Pasteur
Pascal
28
The greatest scientists of this era was ____ who proved heliocentric theory, had laws of motion
Harvey
Boyle
Newton
Bacon
29
What happened to this astronomer in #5 due to his belief in & proof of heliocentric theory?
He became a very rich man due to his books on the theory
He spent the rest of his life in jail after trial by church
He was found guilty by Church, recanted, on house arrest
he burned at the stake by the Inquisition
30
The view of the universe changed from Ptolemy's geocentric theory to
Copernicus' heliocentric theory
Kepler's laws of motion in which planets travel in ellipses
Newton's theory of gravity
Galileo's heliocentric theory