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Scientific Revolution
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1
Who discovered that white light contains all the colors of the rainbow?
Isaac Newton
William Harvey
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
2
The belief that God created the universe and the laws that govern it is called...
Deism
Polytheism
Theology
Theism
3
Who developed the laws of modern physics?
Thomas Edison
Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle
Robert Hooke
4
Who proved that the earth was not in the center of the universe?
Ptolemy
Galileo
Copernicus
Isaac Newton
5
What is it called when the
SUN
is in the center of a system?
The sun is in the middle?! Cray Cray!
Ethnocentric
Sunocentric
Heliocentric
6
In the 1700s, which gas did scientists discover?
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
7
Which scientist proved that substances are made of elements that can't be broken down?
Robert Burgess
Robert Hooke
Robert Boyle
Robert McBobbert
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Who corrected Copernicus's theory?
The Pope
Newton
Galileo
Kepler
9
What did Antoine Lavoisier prove?
Materials need oxygen to burn
If you don't get what you want, throwing a fit helps
The sun is the center of the universe
The earth is the center of the universe
10
How did Kepler say planets orbited the sun?
Squares
Very carefully!
Ellipses
Circles
11
What Greek doctor did many Europeans study before the Scientific revolution?
No, fool! It's Galen
Galen
It's Galen
Not this one! It's Galen
12
The study of natural substances and how they change is called...
Geography
Biology
Chemistry
Scientology
13
What was the name of Vesalius's book that replaced many of Galen's ideas?
"Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"
The Human Body
"Galen: What a Joke!"
"On the Structure of the Human Body"
14
Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?
Hypothesis
Blow stuff up
Experiment
Observation
15
Who proved that blood flowed through the body?
William Harvey
Robert Boyle
Isaac Newton
RobertHooke
16
Which scientist used a microscope to discover cells?
Robert Burgess
Robert Boyle
Robert McBobbert
Robert Hooke
17
Who said the EARTH was the center of the universe?
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Kepler
Galileo
18
What instrument did Galileo improve to make observations of planets better?
Teletubbies
Telescope
Telephone
Telegraph
19
An orderly way of collecting and analyzing evidence is called...
The Methodology of Science
The Science of Observation
The Scientific Method
Note-Taking
20
What was the name of Copernicus's book?
The Earth, the Stars and the Moon
To the Moon and Back!
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
1 Planet, 2 Planet, Red Planet, Blue Planet
21
Which Flemish doctor began dissecting bodies for research?
Robert Boyle
Andreas Vesalius
Isaac Newton
Robert Hooke
22
What is it called when the EARTH is the center of the universe?
Geocentric
Geography
Earthnocentric
I have no idea!
23
What was wrong with Copernicus's theory?
Nothing
Planets traveled in circles
Earth was not in the middle
Sun was in the middle
24
Who is the founder of modern Rationalism and said, "I think, therefore I am"?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Rene Descartes
Voltaire
25
Who
FIRST
said we live in a system where the SUN was the center of our system?
Copernicus
The Pope
Kepler
Ptolemy
26
Who developed the Scientific Method?
Bill Nye
Johannes Kepler
Rene Descarte
Francis Bacon
27
Who discovered and developed the theory of GRAVITY?
Drake
Copernicus
Kepler
Newton
28
Who developed a new form of math called Calculus?
Isaac Newton
William Harvey
Robert Boyle
Robert Hooke
29
What was the name of Isaac Newton's book?
Physics and Math
Math: It's cool!
Physics: It's like Math, but cooler!
Pricipia
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Who disagreed with Galileo and had him arrested?
The Principal
The Pope
His mom
The Bishops
