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Chapter 13 Notes
 1. During the
Scientific
Revolution,
educated people
placed
importance on
what?
 What they
observed (saw)
 2. What do
scientists use to
explain the facts
they have
observed?
 Logic
 3. What was
Aristotle’s
greatest
contribution to
science?
 Idea that people
should observe
the world
carefully and
draw logical
conclusions
 4.What
developments
brought about
the Scientific
Revolution
 4. Study of
Greek writings,
growth of
humanism, and
experiments of
alchemists
 5. What author
published the
book that
started the
Scientific
Revolution?
 5. Nicolaus
Copernicus
 6. What theory
did Copernicus
have about the
sun?
 Heliocentric
Theory, the sun
is the center of
the universe
 7. What did
Kepler discover?
 Planets orbit the
sun in an oval
shape, not a
circle
 8. Why is
Gallileo Gallilei
known as the
father of
experimental
science?
 First scientist to
use experiments
to test his
theories
 10. What new
 Microscope
inventions came  Thermometer
from the
 Telescope
Scientific
 Barometer
Revolution?
 9. What did Sir
 Law of Gravity
Isaac Newton
contribute to
the Scientific
Revolution?
 Laws of Motion
 Calculus
 11. The ideas of
Francis Bacon
and Rene
Descartes led to
what?
 The Scientific
Method
 12. What are the  Observation and
two basic parts
of the scientific
method?
Experimentation
 13. How did
philosophers try
to improve
society?
 Using logic and
reason to solve
problems in
society and
government
 14. What caused  Science
conflict
between science
and religion?
contradicted
church
teachings and
weakened the
church
 15. Which
scientist
stressed the
separation of
reason and
faith?
 Francis Bacon