Ch.13 - Scientific Revolution

The first scientist to use experiments

One of Copernicus' biggest accomplishments were...

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

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

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

This person did not influence the development of the scientific method

Which person argued that planets move in elliptical orbits?

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

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

The thermometer was invented by...

Columbus' discoveries led people to doubt the Greek scholars

The Renaissance did not influence the Scientific Revolution

This person argued that people must use reason to establish proof

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

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

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

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

Francis Bacon argued that...

The first person to study the sky with a telescope

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

What is a hypothesis?

This person first used the microscope as a scientific instrument

Sir Issac Newton did which of the following?

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

Greek Rationalists include...

Greek scholars influenced the Scientific Revolution

Which is NOT a cause of the Scientific Revolution

Planets move in circular orbits, just as Kepler argued