1. Who was the 1st scientist to routinely use experiments to test his theories? Galileo Galilei 2.

What were 3 influences for the beginning of the Scientific Revolution? growing interest in alchemy, study of ancient Greek writings, growth of humanism 3. What is a rationalist? Give an example. People who looked at the world in a rational, or reasonable and logical, way. Ex. Aristotle or Ptolemy

4. Who wrote Principia Mathematica? Sir Isaac Newton 5. What is a theory? A theory is an explanation a scientist develops based on facts. 6. Whose book was thought to have marked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution? What was the name of the book? Nicolaus Copernicus On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

7. Which 3 religious groups contributed ideas that led to the Scientific Revolution Jewish, Muslim, and Christian 8. Did educated people turn more to the Church or Science for explanations of the world after the Scientific Revolution? Educated people turned more often to science for explanations of the world. 9. Where does the word science originate (come from)? The word science comes from a Latin word meaning knowledge and understanding.

10. Who was the first person to study the sky with a telescope? Galileo Galilei 11. In what pattern do the planets travel around the sun? What pattern is this? Elliptical An oval pattern 12. Who was the first person to use a microscope? Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

13. Who was Sir Francis Bacon? An English philosopher who argued that science should be pursued in a systematic fashion. 14. Who emphasized that people must use clear thinking and reason to establish proof? Rene Descartes 15. What procedure do scientists use when conducting their research? The scientific method.

16. What is a hypothesis? A hypothesis is a solution that a scientist proposes to solve a problem. 17. What was Copernicus argument about the universe? Copernicus argued that the sun is at the center of the universe. 18. What role did the ancient Greeks play in the Scientific Revolution? The ancient Greeks influenced scientific thinkers with their theories about how the world worked.

19. Which Jewish scholar tried to unite the work of Aristotle with Jewish ideas? Maimonides 20. Which scientist was put on trial? Why? Galileo Galilei He was put on trial by the Inquisition because of a book he published that rejected Catholic teachings about the universe. 21. For what was Johannes Kepler best known? Kepler was best known for discovering that planets move in elliptical orbits.

22. What is the scientific method? The scientific method is a step-by-step method for performing experiments. 23. Whose ideas influenced the development of the scientific method? Bacon and Descartes 24. For what was Johannes Kepler best known? Kepler was best known for discovering that planets move in elliptical orbits.