Renaissance Science

Q. Who confirmed that the Earth is a spherical body that rotates around its own axis?

1. Nicolaus Copernicus
2. Isaac Newton
3. Galileo Galilei
4. Johannes Kepler

Q. Statement 1: Johannes Kepler discovered the 'Laws of Planetary Motion'.
Statement 2: Newton proposed the Copernican System.

1. Both statements are false
2. Statement 2 is true and statement 1 is false
3. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false
4. Both statements are true

Q. Who advocated a decimal system of coins, weights, and measures?

1. Cordus
2. Descartes
3. Stevin
4. Helmontt

Q. Which of the following did William Gilbert introduce?

1. Relationship between compass and magnetic poles.
2. Relationship between magnetism and current.
3. Relationship between compass and current.
4. Relationship between poles and current.

Q.

Why is Newtons form of Keplers third law so useful to astronomers?

Q. Who discovered gravity?

1. Sir Isaac Newton
2. William Gilbert
3. Johannes Kepler
4. Nicholas Copernicus

Q. Isaac Newton postulated that the planetary motions are elliptical.

1. True
2. False