Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | hypothesis | d. | theory | b. | rationalism | e. | Copernicus | c. | scientific
method |
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an orderly way of collecting and analyzing evidence
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Polish scientist who wrote On the Revolutions of the Heavenly
Spheres
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an explanation of facts using experiments
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the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
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an explanation of how or why something happens
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In the 1400s, Europe’s scientific knowledge expanded because of
a. | better maps and charts. | b. | new technology. | c. | voyages of
exploration. | d. | all of the above |
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Early scientist ____ theorized that the planets moved in an elliptic path around
the Sun.
a. | Nicolaus Copernicus | c. | Johannes Kepler | b. | Galileo Galilei | d. | Isaac Newton |
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In 1632, the Roman Catholic Church condemned the ideas of the Italian
scientist
a. | Nicolaus Copernicus. | c. | Johannes Kepler. | b. | Galileo Galilei. | d. | Isaac Newton. |
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“I think, therefore I am” was written by
a. | René Descartes. | c. | Andreas Vesalius. | b. | Francis Bacon. | d. | Robert Boyle. |
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The English thinker ____ developed what is known as the scientific
method.
a. | Robert Boyle | c. | Francis Bacon | b. | Antoine Lavoisier | d. | Isaac Newton |
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