Class Copy of Scientific Revolution

How was Galileo finally able to closely study motion?

What is in the middle of a geocentric cosmology?

Which invention was designed to be able to see far away?

Who insisted that for something to be true, it had to be proved?

Did Galileo invent the telescope?

Why did the Catholic Church insist that the earth is in the middle of the universe?

Who famously insisted that governments and religions should embrace science?

What did Galileo do first with the telescope once he had improved its magnification?

Why was the Church so determined to stop Galileo?

Why did Galileo begin to study the tides?

Who is credited with the geocentric model that the church endorsed as truth?

What was Galileo's punishment for commiting heresy?

Who determined accurate laws of physics that were used until the 19th century?

Who determined that the orbits of the planets were elliptical, not circular?

Why did Ptolemy place the earth in the middle of the universe?

Why was Nicolaus Copernicus' book published after his death?

Which charachter defended the Church's opinion in Galileo's book?

Why could Galileo be seen dropping objects from the tower of Pisa in the early 1600's?

Why did Nicolaus Copernicus place the sun in the center of the universe?

Why was Galileo convicted of heresy?

Why did Galileo's observations of the moon contradict Church dogma?

Which invention was designed to measure air pressure?

What is empirical evidence?

According to Aristotle, which is an element not found on Earth?

Having faith is an important part of the Scientific Method

Who was the first European to place the sun in the center of the universe?

Who is remembered as the father of experimental science?

What is in the middle of a heliocentric cosmology?

What did Galileo notice about the moon that surprised him?

According to Aristotle and Ptolemy, what are the planets attached to?

Why wouldn't alchemists be considered scientists?

Why did Galileo insist that understanding math was so important?

Which cosmology does this image depict?

What was the first heavenly body that Galileo observed with his telescope?