In the 1600’s chemist Robert Boyle explained that?

All matter is composed of tiny particles that behave in knowable ways

Copernicus offered a new theory that...

the Sun was at the center of the universe

formed a theory as to why the planets move as they do

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1
In the 1600’s chemist Robert Boyle explained that?
The universe is heliocentric
All matter is composed of tiny particles that behave in knowable ways
Earth, air, water and fire are the only elements
All of the above
2
Copernicus offered a theory that stated?
All of the above
The Ancient Greeks and the Church are wrong about our physical universe
The sun was at the center of the universe
The Earth was one of several planets orbiting the Sun
3
According to Newton, all motion in the universe can be measured.
False
True
4
Who found that the Earth's rotations around the sun are oval shaped?
Tycho Brache
Galileo Galilei
Nicholas Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
5
The Scientific Method starts with?
a hypothesis
Greek and Roman classics
all of the above
the Bible
6
Medical improvements during the 1500s included?
Infection prevention
all of the above
Artificial limbs
A better understanding of the circulation of blood
7
Until the mid 1500's, which was considered common sense?
The heavens above are constantly in motion
Earth centered universe
All of the above
The details of the universe are unknown
8
_________ was known as Alchemy in medieval times and often included magical notions.
Chemistry
Calculus
Physics
Biology
9
Until the mid-1500’s, European scholars accepted the Greek astronomer Ptolemy’s view of the universe that
rotations around the Sun are oval shaped
the moon's phases reflected its relation to the Earth and Sun
the Earth was at the center
the Sun was at the center
10
Galileo Galilei...
all of the above
was sentences to life under house arrest
was condemned by the Church.
challenged the teachings that the heavens were fixed
11
Copernicus offered a new theory that...
the Sun was at the center of the universe
the Earth was at the center of the universe
rotations around the Sun are oval shaped
the moon's phases reflected its relation to the Earth and Sun
12
Galileo Galilei enhanced the __________ to view the solar system.
periscope
telescope
microscope
kaleidoscope
13
The Church believed the universe is heliocentric.
True
False
14
Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first to view?
Mountain ranges on Earth's moon
Bacteria
Real and accurate depictions of human anatomy
The moons of Jupiter
15
The Church believed that the "heavens above" were fixed and not moving.
True
False
16
Galileo Galilei...
studied the Bible
studied the moon
refuted the heliocentric theory through the scientific method
all of the above
17
Isaac Newton...
all of the above
developed a theory that the universe was heliocentric
conformed to the Church that the Earth was at the center of the universe
formed a theory as to why the planets move as they do
18
Anton van Leeuwenhoek perfected the single lens _____________.
microscope
periscope
telescope
kaleidoscope
19
Both Ptolemy and the Church had the same views on the universe.
True
False
20
Until the mid 1500's, European scholars based their knowledge of the physical universe from the Greek scholar?
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Ptolemy
21
Isaac Newton developed _________, or mathematics with symbolic notations to explain rates of change.
All of the above
Algebra
Calculus
Geometry
22
According to Newton, what holds the universe together and keeps the planets in orbit?
Gravity
The Earth's pull as the center of the universe
Faith and good works
Scholasticism

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