State: NA Grade: 6
1. Performing an experiment to prove or disprove a theory is known as _____.
a. field-testing b. an earth-centered method c. theory testing d. the scientific method
2. Who actually tested Aristotle’s theory concerning heavy objects?
a. Copernicus b. Aristotle c. Galileo Galilei d. Kepler
3. "Johannes Kepler discovered that the orbit of Mars was an oval by using _____."
a. mathematics b. science c. history d. social studies
4. Which inventor created lightning rods and bifocal glasses?
a. Benjamin Franklin b. Edward Jenner c. John Harrison d. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
5. The questions raised by Enlightenment thinkers prepared the way for __________.
a. religious reform b. major revolution c. old-school thinking d. medical breakthroughs