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1
Who advanced the idea of elliptical orbits for planets?
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
Draymond Green
Nicholas Copernicus
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Which of the following is a reason that the new discoveries happened so quickly?
telescope
gossip
printing press
microscope
3
Who came up with the periodic table?
Maria Winkleman
Robert Boyle
Isaac Newton
Margaret Cavendish
4
Ancient scholars believed that this organ was the way blood was circulated through the body.
liver
spleen
heart
lungs
5
Renee Descartes said which of the following famous quotes?
I think, therefore I am.
A body in motion stays in motion.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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Which English philosoper believed in the scientific method and inductive reasoning?
Andreas Vasilius
Prince William
Robert Boyle
Francis Bacon
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Which of the following helped prove that planets were NOT just pure orbs of light?
microscope
telescope
solar scope
binoculars
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Who came up with the universal law of gravitation?
Nicholas Copernicus
Bill Nye
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
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Elliptical orbits are
square
egg-shaped
round
rectangular
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Who wrote the first accurate book on human anatomy?
Donald Trump
Andreas Vasalius
Francis Bacon
Robert Boyle
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Who developed the laws of planetary motion?
Brahe
Harvey
Ptolemy
Kepler
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What contribution did William Harvey make to medicine?
Showed the heart circulated blood.
Wrote the first book on human anatomy.
Used leeches to remove infection.
Came up with antibiotic ointment.
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Robert Boyle studied the effects of
temperature and pressure on gasses
chemicals on the human body
gravity on the human body
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A hypothesis is
an argument based on reason.
the conclusion to an experiment.
an educated guess.
data collected during an experiment.
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Who believed that humans were just a small part of the universe?
Isaac Newton
Galileo
Margaret Cavendish
Maria Winkleman
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In the heliocentric theory
the earth is the center of the universe
jupiter is the center of the universe
God is the center of the universe
the sun is the center of the universe
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Proceeding from the particular to the general is
stupid reasoning
inductive reasoning
deductive reasoning
Ptolemaic reasoning
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Who is considered the father of modern rationalism?
William Harvey
Renee Descartes
Tycho Brahe
Robert Boyle
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Believing that the human mind and reasoning is the chief source of knowledge is called
Absolutism
Deism
Irrationalism
Rationalism
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Isaac Newton invented
algebra
anatomy
calculus
chemistry
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The idea that God created the universe and then stayed out of daily events is called
rationalism
deism
irrationalism
absolutism
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Ptolomey came up with the
weird theory
rational theory
geocentric theory
heliocentric theory
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Who set up an observatory to document the movement of planets to prove Copernicus' theory?
Bernie Sanders
William Harvey
Tycho Brahe
Isaac Newton
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Who did the church put on trial for heresy?
Nicholas Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Robert Boyle
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Which female astronomer discovered a comet?
Queen Elizabeth
Margaret Cavendish
Maria Winkleman
Kim Kardashian
