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The Discovery of the Doh
Christopher
Americas Columbus
• Main Idea 2:
• Advances in astronomy were key
events of the Scientific Revolution.
Advances in Astronomy Heck yes
I did.
Circle
Oval
Advances in Astronomy
wow
Galileo Galilei
Advances in Astronomy
Galileo Galilei
This painting shows Galileo defending himself before Church officials.
Many of Galileo’s ideas went against the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Even though the Catholic Church was very angry with him, Galileo was a
committed Catholic and a firm believer in Christianity.
Sir Isaac Newton
I am so smart, I am so
smart. S m r t. I mean
s m a r t.
• Main Idea 3:
• Sir Isaac Newton
developed laws that
explained much of
the natural world.
Sir Isaac
Newton
Sir Isaac Newton
• Newton studied and simplified the work of
earlier scientists. He coupled it with his own
observations and identified four theories that
prove how the world works.
• Some of the theories have been proved so
many times that they are now called laws.
Sir Isaac
Newton
Sir Isaac Newton
• One of Newton’s laws is Sir Isaac
called the law of gravity.
Newton
motion.
• They describe how an object moves in
space. You may have heard one of them:
“For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction.”
(The laws of motion are displayed on the right.
Notice that the hitting of one marble causes the
other marble at the opposite end to move – and
vice versa/)
Sir Isaac Newton
• Newton also invented calculus, Sir Isaac
a branchNewton
of mathematics.
• This form of mathematics is used by
scientists to solve complex problems.
• Main Idea 4:
• New inventions helped scientists
study the natural world.
New Inventions
Galileo
Galilei 3 thermometers a telescope
New Inventions
A. Newton
B. Aristotle
C. Ptolemy
D. Copernicus
2. Who discovered the law of
gravity?
A. Newton
B. Galileo
C. Copernicus
D. Kepler
3. Which letter shows an invention that was
not improved or invented during the
Scientific Revolution?
A. telescope
B. microscope
C. stethoscope
D. barometer
4. Whose view of the
universe is shown below?
A. the Greeks
B. Copernicus
C. Newton
D. Kepler
5. Kepler discovered that planets orbit
the sun in a perfect circular motion.
A. True
B. False
- He discovered that
planets orbit the sun in
an oval motion.