Chapter 8 Lesson 1 Quiz

The theory that the center of the universe is Earth and all other celestial bodies revolve around it. 

An English philosopher who was critical of the idea that humans could be masters of nature through scientific knowledge. 

A 2nd century mathematician famous for the geocentric theory of the universe. 

A mathematician who explained that planetary motion around the sun is elliptical, not circular. 

A 17th century mathematician who discovered the universal law of gravitation. 

A scientist who used his observations about liquids and pressure to develop the syringe and hydraulic press. 

A 2nd century physician who dissected animals to make conclusions about human anatomy and whose ideas prevailed until the Late Middle Ages. 

An 18th century scientist considered the founder of modern chemistry because of his invention of a system of naming chemical elements. 

A German astronomer who married and assisted Germany's foremost astronomer and discovered a comet. 

A 16th century mathematician who developed the heliocentric theory of the universe. 

A 16th/17th century mathematician who used a telescope to make advanced observations about the world and came under fire from the Catholic Church for subscribing to Copernican ideas about the universe. 

A 16th century scientist who proved that the heart, not the liver, is the starting point for blood circulation and that blood completes a circuit throughout the body. 

The first scientist to perform controlled chemistry experimentation, and who developed a law describing how the volume of a gas changes with pressure. 

Every object in the universe is attracted to every other body in the universe by a force called gravity. 

The belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge.