The Scientific Revolution (Chapter 4, Lesson 1)
Questions
Notes
What is the Scientific Revolution?
When European scientists began to use math and experiments to make
advances. And changed how understood they science and how they
searched for knowledge.
Before the Scientific Revolution,
what did people think about the
universe? Where did they get this
information?
People believed the Earth was the center of the universe, they got this
idea from Ptolemy.
What was Copernicus’ theory?
That the sun was the center of the universe.
How could this theory have gotten
him in trouble?
It disagreed with the churchś teaching.
What did Kepler add to
Copernicus’ theory?
Planets move in ovals around the sun.
How did Galileo prove
Copernicus’ theory?
He used his telescope to prove Earth revolves around the sun.
What crime was Galileo charged
with? How was he punished?
Heresy, he was punished with house arrest.
What did Isaac Newton contribute
to the Scientific Revolution?
He discovered gravity.
How did Newton’s laws connect
the theories of Copernicus,
Galileo, and Kepler?
He said gravity holds the planets in orbit supporting other scientists.
What is the purpose of the
Scientific Method?
To collect and analyze evidence.
Who created the Scientific
Method?
Francis Bacon
Essential Question: How was the Scientific Revolution a challenge to authority?
The Scientific Revolution taught people to think differently from the church, the main authority and source of
knowledge.