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Who developed the Scientific Method?
Bill Nye
Rene Descarte
Francis Bacon
Johannes Kepler
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Who said the EARTH was the center of the universe?
Kepler
Galileo
Ptolemy
Copernicus
3
What was wrong with Copernicus's theory?
Earth was not in the middle
Planets traveled in circles
Sun was in the middle
Nothing
4
What was the name of Copernicus's book?
To the Moon and Back!
The Earth, the Stars and the Moon
1 Planet, 2 Planet, Red Planet, Blue Planet
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
5
Who is the founder of modern Rationalism and said, "I think, therefore I am"?
Rene Descartes
John Locke
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
6
What is it called when the
SUN
is in the center of a system?
Ethnocentric
Sunocentric
The sun is in the middle?! Cray Cray!
Heliocentric
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An orderly way of collecting and analyzing evidence is called...
The Science of Observation
The Scientific Method
The Methodology of Science
Note-Taking
8
What is it called when a government gets its power from the people it rules?
Rationalism
Popular Sovereignty
Scientific Law
Absolutism
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Who believed in a social contract between the government and the people?
Louis XIV
Mary Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
John Locke
10
What is divine right?
When there is a separation of powers in the government
When the power of the monarch is granted by God
When the government gets its power from the people
When the king has total control over the government
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A government whereby people elect their own representatives is called a....
Dictatorship
Confederation
Representative government
Absolute monarchy
12
Who developed the universal law of gravitation?
Descartes
Newton
Copernicus
Galileo
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The belief that God created the universe and the laws that govern it is called...
Polytheism
Theology
Theism
Deism
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Absolutism means...
The monarch has total control over the government
Establishing colonies to benefit the mother country
People's rights and freedoms are protected by the government
The right to rule was granted by God
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Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?
Experiment
Blow stuff up
Observation
Hypothesis
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What is it called when the EARTH is the center of the universe?
I have no idea!
Geography
Earthnocentric
Geocentric
17
Having three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) is an example of...
Social contract
Separation of powers
Natural law
Divine right
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Mary Wollstonecraft primarily believed in...
freedom of religion and speech
that people are born naturally violent and evil
equal rights for men and women
a social contract
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Thomas Hobbes believed...
Humans were naturally selfish and violent
In freedom of religion
In separation of powers
People were naturally good
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Who developed the laws of modern physics?
Robert Hooke
Thomas Edison
Isaac Newton
Kylee McKeehan
21
He believed in freedom of religion
Diderot
Ptolemy
Montesquiue
Voltaire
22
Who corrected Copernicus's theory?
Newton
Arianna Tinoco
Kepler
The Pope
23
The Scientific Revolution occurred in the...
1400s
1600s
1500s
1700s
24
Which scientist proved that substances are made of elements that can't be broken down?
Robert Hooke
Juaquin Orosco
Robert McBobbert
Robert Boyle
25
Who discovered that white light contains all the colors of the rainbow?
William Harvey
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
26
Sir Francis Bacon is best remembered for creating....
Rationalism
Gravity
Scientific Method
Natural Law
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The study of natural substances and how they change is called...
Biology
Geography
Chemistry
Scientology
28
Which scientist used a microscope to discover cells?
Robert Boyle
Robert McBobbert
Robert Hooke
Robert Burgess
29
Who disagreed with Galileo and had him arrested?
His mom
The Pope
The Bishops
The Principal
30
Who proved that the earth was not in the center of the universe?
Isaac Newton
Copernicus
Galileo
Ptolemy
31
The Age of Enlightenment occurred in the...
1600s
1400s
1500s
1700s
32
What is the correct order of the scientific method?
Hypothesize, Predict, Test, Observe, Modify
Observe, Predict, Hypothesize, Test, Modify
Predict, Hypothesize, Observe, Test, Modify
Observe, Hypothesize, Predict, Test, Modify
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Who
FIRST
said we live in a system where the SUN was the center of our system?
The Pope
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Kepler
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What instrument did Galileo improve to make observations of planets better?
Teletubbies
Telephone
Telescope
Telegraph
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Who discovered and developed the theory of GRAVITY?
Newton
Copernicus
Kepler
Drake
