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1
What did Sir Isaac Newton accomplish?
Discovering matter
Discovering the cure for scurvy
Discovering electricity
Discovering the laws of gravity
2
By developing an astronomical telescope, Galileo was able to:
see the nearest galaxy to ours
check out the sunspots he had seen on the moon
prove the ideas behind the heliocentric theory
determine the distance from the earth to the moon
3
Scientists of the Scientific Revolution were searching for:
laws governing nature
the equation under human behavior
the center of the universe
a way to make humans perfect
4
Who was the Polish scientist who proposed heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Ptolemy
5
Nicholas Copernicus created controversy because he believed in the:
scientific method
heliocentric theory
geocentric theory
divine right of kings
6
Perhaps the high point in the development of modern science came with the:
use of Bacon's inductive reasoning
proposal of the heliocentric theory
development of Galileo's telescope
ideas of Sir Isaac Newton
7
German astronomer who developed the theory of planetary motion.
Thomas Hobbes
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
Ptolemy
8
Scientists of the Scientific Revolution proved:
that all Greek & Roman ideas on science were wrong
that the sun was the center of the solar system
that the earth was the center of the solar system
the existence of God as the source of light
9
Italian scientist who proved Copernican theory (heliocentric theory).
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
10
Who developed the modern scientific method?
Galileo
Johannes Kepler
Sir Francis Bacon
NIcholaus Copernicus