Copernicus Believed That His Work

question 7

Multiple Choice

Copernicus believed that his work:

• A)restored a pure understanding of God's design.
• B)broke with the ideas of the Catholic Church.
• C)was an attack on the authority of ancient texts.
• D)did not contradict centuries of astronomical thought.
• E)was used by the Catholic Church to refute the ideas of Aristotle.

---

Definitions:

Pluton

A body of intrusive igneous rock that solidified below the surface of the earth.

Shear Zone

A region of the Earth's crust where rocks have been deformed by shear stress, leading to the alteration of their structure and the development of foliation.

Supercontinent

A large landmass that includes more than one continental core, which in Earth's history has periodically merged and then broken apart.

Gondwana

Name given by geologists to the hypothetical combination of the southern continents into a single large supercontinent.