Quiz  /  Science and Inventions

  • 1. 
    What invention by Johannes Gutenberg had a huge impact on how information could be shared throughout Europe?

  • The Telephone
  • The Internet
  • The Printing Press
  • The Telegraph

  • 2. 
    The science of astronomy had many breakthroughs during the Renaissance. What did astronomers study?

  • The human body
  • Animals
  • The elements
  • The stars and outer space

  • 3. 
    What was the scientific method?

  • Using controlled experiments to prove a theory
  • A new way of organizing various forms of life
  • An invention like the telescope
  • All of the above

  • 4. 
    What Renaissance scientist is considered the father of the scientific method?

  • Kepler
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Copernicus
  • Galileo

  • 5. 
    True or False: Many of the artists in Renaissance times were also interested in science and inventing.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 6. 
    What was the Scientific Revolution?

  • All of the above
  • A time when the scientists revolted against the leaders of Italy
  • A time when people rebelled against science of all kinds
  • A time when science and mathematics made great strides

  • 7. 
    What was it called when people tried to find a special substance that would allow them to make gold?

  • Alchemy
  • Astronomy
  • Wizardry
  • Geometry

  • 8. 
    What invention did research by Galileo into the pendulum help to develop?

  • Flushing toilet
  • Clock
  • Telescope
  • Cannon

  • 9. 
    What did the invention of cannons put an end to?

  • Towns
  • Castles
  • Bullets
  • Muskets

  • 10. 
    What invention took advantage of the improvement of lenses?

  • Telescope
  • All of the above
  • Eyeglasses
  • Microscope
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