MCQs of History – The Scientific Revolution

______ was not a reason for the revival of botany.

botany first developed during the sixteenth century in_______.

_______ was a major flaw in Otto brunfel’s botanical writing.

The ancient Greek scholar _______ set fourth the concepts of humman biology which dominated the Middle Ages.

Which of the following ancient Greeks set forth the concepts of astronomy which dominated the Middle Ages.

Which part of the humman body did Andreas Vessalius make groundbreaking analyses of?

Nicolas Copernicus was best know as a _________.

Which of the following astronomers was burned at the sake as a heretic?

In tycho Brahe’s model of the universe, the Earth ________.

Rene Descartes is credited with introducing _______.

Descartes worked extensively in ________.

Francis Bacon warned the scientists to avoid _________.

_______ is considered an indirect result of bacon’s novum Organum.

The famous quotation “I think, before I am” is atributed to_______.

The decimal system of representing fractions was introduced by _______.

_______ has the honour to introduce logarithms.

Rene Descartes’ work ‘Germany’ describes how ______ relate(s) to the study of geomatery.

______ claimed the work of John Wallis had a major influence on him.

The sub-field of physics _______ was most immediately affected by mathematical advances.

Galileo publicly demonstrated the uniform accelration resulting from gravity in_______.

______ was not one of the four elements of which alchemists throught all matter was composed.

The world’gas’ was invented by________.

Air pump is invention of _____.

invention of barometer is atributed to _______.

Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke are credited with the discovery of ________.

______ was a benifit enjoyed by physicists over other scientists?

Santorio Santorio is best known for advances in which of the following areas of biology?

Which of the following first demonstrated that blood through circulates through the humman body continuously?

Where did Desscartes believe the humman soul resided?

The Franciscus, Sylvius differed from many other biologists of the time in that he studied_________.

Japanes Kepler thought that the structure of the universe was most dependent upon______.

Kepler revealed the third and last of his laws of planetary motion in ______.

______ was not a major subject in Gallelio’s woprk, ‘Messenger of the Heavens’,

Gallelio’s theory;_______ was most offensive to the Church.

Gaalileo published Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the world in _____-.

Newton elucidated_______ laws of motion.

The focus of Newton’s work is ________.

______ developed a model of the universe from that which Newton described.

The mathematical tool developed by Newton in order to apply his physical thories was ______.

The story of Newton and the falling apple is owed to_______.

The British king _____ found the Royal society.

_____ was a primary feature of the Royal society.

The field of ______ was far away and the most important to the Royal society.

News of advances made by Europe’s scientific socities was spread primarily by ______.

The most widely experienced menifestation of prevalling thories on biology the seventeenth century was______.