WH Chapter 21, Web Quest 1 – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
Where was Copernicus born and what did he do in his early life?
answer
He was born on February 19, 1473 in Torun, Poland. He developed his own celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system.
question
Besides astronomy, what did Copernicus study in school?
answer
He studied painting and mathematics.
question
What different occupations did Copernicus engage in?
answer
He took a canon's position at Frombork's cathedral.
question
What was Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory?
answer
The theory states the solar system named the sun, rather than the earth. He believed that the size of each planet's orbit depended on its distance from the sun.
question
Where was Kepler born?
answer
He was born in Weil der Stadt in Swabia, in southwest Germany.
question
Where did Kepler receive his education?
answer
He began his university education at the Protestant university of Tübingen.
question
Who did Kepler replace after serving as his assistant?
answer
He was Tycho Brahe's assistant until Tycho's death in 1601 and was then appointed Tycho's successor as Imperial Mathematician.
question
What was Kepler's mother accused of being?
answer
His mother was a witch.
question
What invention did Galileo improve upon?
answer
He invented the telescope.
question
What did Galileo discover with his new invention?
answer
Moons of Jupiter and the faces of Venus.
question
What accepted theory was Galileo required to teach at the University of Pisa?
answer
He was required to teach the accepted theory of his time that the sun and all the planets revolved around the Earth.
question
Whose theory was Galileo exposed to at the University of Padua?
answer
He was exposed that the Earth and all the other planets revolved around the sun.
question
What was Galileo convicted of ?
answer
Hersey.
question
Who was born in the year that Galileo died?
answer
Issac Newton was born the year he died.
question
By today's standards, Bacon did things at a young age. When did he enter college?
answer
He was 12 years old when he enrolled in a law program at Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.
question
When did Bacon become a member of the House of Commons?
answer
1581
question
What was Bacon's father's role in the Queen's court?
answer
the Lord Chancellor.
question
Describe Bacon's "method."
answer
His new scientific method involved gathering data, analyzing it, and performing experiments to observe nature's truths in an organized way.
question
What is the source of this account of Descartes' life?
answer
`A Short Account of the History of Mathematics' (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball was the source.
question
What was Descartes' excuse for sleeping late?
answer
He needed to do better at mathematics and to be more healthy.
question
What were Descartes' chief contributions to mathematics?
answer
Analytic geometry and his theory of vortices.
question
Besides mathematics, what other science did Descartes delve into?
answer
Philosophy , astronomy, and optics.
question
What was Newton's involvement with the English money system?
answer
In 1696, he moved to London to work at a mint.
question
When did Isaac Newton become Sir Isaac Newton?
answer
He became a Sir In 1705.
question
Besides his work with the law of gravity, what were Newton's other interests?
answer
He was interested in chemistry and theology.
question
What were Newton's posthumous (after death) publications?
answer
The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms, The System of the World, and Book III of the Principia.
