Critical Thinking: Sir Isaac Name: Date: Watch this NOVA program on while finding the answers for the following questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yprv1h3cgqk 1.In 19 a British Economist named bought Sir Isaac s papers. They were written in and took 6 years to decipher. 2. was a man of science and religion; He calculated that the world would end in what year? 3. What year was Sir Isaac born? A: 1634 B: 1624 C: 1642 D: 1942 4. True or False: It was the same year that the Italian astronomer Galileo died. T / F 5. True or False: Galileo proved the Earth was just one of several planets orbiting the Sun. T / F 6. True or False: ushered in the beginning of the scientific revolution. T / F
7. How old was Sir Isaac when his mother abandoned him with her parents? A: 5 B: 15 C: 10 D: 3 8. Where did Sir Isaac go to school? A:Purdue B: Oxford C: Ohio State D: Cambridge 9. He stayed in his room and rarely traveled how many hours a day at school did he work? A:1 B: 4 C: 10 D: 18 10. What caused to return home from school? A: Civil-war B: French Invasion C: The Plague D: He missed his mum 11. Where did he discover the theory of gravity? A: The Barn B: Wheat Field C: Corn Field D: Apple Orchard 12. True or False: All objects fall at the same rate regardless of their mass. T / F 13. Based on Galileo s motion experiment, devises a way to determine how to measure the speed of an object, It was a new form of math called: A: Geometry B: Calculus C: Multiplication D: Addition 14. True or False: Calculus measures quantities that are constantly T / F
15: How old was when he invited Calculus? A: 16 B: 18 C: 22 D: 26 16. What did use to explain how light works? A: Prism B: A flashlight C:Electricity D: a light bulb 17. True or False: White light contains no colors T / F 18. White light contains all the colors of the. 19. What idea of Galileo s did refine and make better? A: A Prism B: A Tank C:Electricity D: The Telescope 20. True or False: Today s telescopes are based on Galileo s telescope not st / F 21. is invited to join the Royal Society who evaluates his work and becomes his enemy? A: Galileo B:Hawkins C:Hook D: Disney 21. True or False: Alchemy is the beginnings of modern chemistry and a systematic matter theory T / F 22. True or False: He became a minister in the Church of England T / F
22. True or False: He believed that religion and science were inseparable T / F 23.He believes civilization begins in BC and the end of time at AD. 24. Hailey s question started thinking about gravity and planets and he spent 18 months developing a book called Principia Mathematic it explains: A: The Law of Gravity B: The 3 Laws of Motion C:Church Laws D: English Laws 25. s thought experiment explains how something like a cannon ball can become a satellite much like the moon is around the earth. According to what force is at work?. 26. Gravity is constant on and in and governors motion throughout the entire solar system. 27. True or False: This is called The Universal Law of Gravitation T / F 25. Why is this important? It tells us how in a fundamental new way. 27. True or False: Thus gravity by itself can t explain the motion of everything in the universe. T / F
28. s alchemy experiments were: A: unsuccessful B: misunderstood by history C: a personal disappointment D: All of these 29. moves to London and becomes: A: Master of the Mint B: Member of Parliament C: Knighted D: All of these 30. Sir Isaac is a brilliant man and the father of modern scientific thinking what country is he from? A: Germany B: America C: France D: England Extra Credit: How old was when he died?