The Scientific Revolution: observing, testing and new tools

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   What shape did Kepler find for each planet's orbit, Kira asks?

   • An ellipse, an oval
   • A square
   • A straight line
   • A perfect circle around the Sun
3. 2.

   Which card on the strip comes last, Luz asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Newton's Principia, 1687
   • Kepler's laws, from 1609 to 1621
   • Copernicus's book, 1543
   • Galileo's moons, 1610
4. 3.

   Milo reads the word orbit. What is an orbit?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • A kind of telescope
   • The center of the universe
   • A moon's surface
   • The path of a planet around the Sun
5. 4.

   Noah reads that gravitation is universal. What does universal mean here?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • It was found in 1543
   • It is a kind of telescope
   • It works on Earth alone
   • It works everywhere, for all bodies
6. 5.

   Pia reads that Kepler used Tycho Brahe's accurate data. What is data?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • A kind of orbit
   • A guess with no measuring
   • A planet's moon
   • Measurements collected to study something
7. 6.

   What does the arrow from Copernicus's card point to, Ren asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • No card
   • Galileo's moons
   • Kepler's laws
   • Newton's Principia, directly
8. 7.

   Which card points to Newton's Principia, Tala asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Kepler's laws
   • Galileo's moons
   • Copernicus's book
   • No card points to Newton's
9. 8.

   Why does the Galileo card have no arrow, Zee asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Galileo came after Newton
   • Arrows join books to books
   • The strip does not show what it led to
   • Galileo had no telescope
10. 9.

    Four moons circling Jupiter showed something new. What was it, Bo asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Jupiter circles the Moon
    • Not everything circles the Earth
    • Moons cannot move
    • The Earth has four moons of its own
11. 10.

    Esme's friend says Newton worked it all out alone. Which reply fits the strip?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Not quite: Kepler's laws led to his work
    • Agree: no arrow on the strip points to Newton
    • Disagree: Galileo wrote the Principia
    • Agree: Newton came first