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Unit 9 Lesson 4 - Scientific Revolution
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Name ________________________
Targets
Explain what Scientific Revolution was and problem that caused it
• Know these words………theories, laws
• Know these people……Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton
Birth of Modern Science
2. Before the Scientific Revolution, people relied on authorities like ___________________________________
or ____________________________________ for explanations to how the world worked. After the
revolution, people relied on using ______________________________.
Understanding Science
3. After looking at facts, scientists develop explanations called __________________________.
Roots of the Revolution
5. What was alchemy? _______________________________________________________________________
_______________________ Why would people be interested in this subject? _____________________
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Discoveries and Inventions
7. Explain how Columbus finding North America changed people’s minds about ancient Greek thinkers ______
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Advances in Astronomy
8. Who published a book that is considered to be the start of the Scientific Revolution? ____________________
__________________________ What new idea did he have? __________________________________
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9. Whose ideas about how the planets move are still accepted today? __________________________________
10. Galileo was the first to use this tool _____________________________ What did it allow him to discover?
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Sir Isaac Newton
12. When theories are proven a lot of times, they become known as ___________________________________.
13. Isaac Newton figured out that _______________________________ keeps the planets in orbit around the
sun.
New Inventions
14. Name three inventions of the Scientific Revolution
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Great Scientists
15. Why did Copernicus think he might get in trouble with church officials? ____________________________
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Effects on Society
19. Why were church leaders worried about the Scientific Revolution? _________________________________
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_________________________________________________ What did they do to Galileo? __________
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