Ch.13 - Scientific Revolution

This person tried to unite the work of Aristotle to Jewish ideas

The roots of the Scientific Revolution go back to what scholars?

People who looked at the world in a rational, or reasonable and logical way

Francis Bacon argued that...

Planets move in circular orbits, just as Kepler argued

The development of the Scientific Method was mainly influenced by which people?

One of Copernicus' biggest accomplishments were...

The first person to study the sky with a telescope

After this period, people were more like to turn to _______________ for explanations

A step-by-step method for performing experiments and other scientific research

The Renaissance did not influence the Scientific Revolution

Which is NOT a cause of the Scientific Revolution

What is a hypothesis?

Church leaders were afraid of losing their power during the Scientific Revolution

Columbus' discoveries led people to doubt the Greek scholars

Sir Issac Newton did which of the following?

The first scientist to use experiments

The explanations scientists develop based on facts are called...

This person was put on trial by the Inquisition for heresy

Scientists believed that science and traditional religious beliefs could exist at the same time

This person first used the microscope as a scientific instrument

This person did not influence the development of the scientific method

The word "science" comes from the Latin word meaning...

The forerunner of chemistry (this came before chemistry, but is similar):

The thermometer was invented by...

Which person argued that planets move in elliptical orbits?

This person argued that people must use reason to establish proof

Greek scholars influenced the Scientific Revolution

Greek Rationalists include...