Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo
Scientific Revolution
Miscellaneous
100
What prestigious University is Nat determined to attend?
Harvard University
100
Isaac Newton is credited with inventing what form of math?
Calculus
100
Galileo developed this famous law of physics.
Law of Falling Bodies
100
This scientist is credited with championing the Scientific Method?
Sir Francis Bacon
100
Some call this scientist "The Father of Science"
Galileo Galilei
200
What is the name of Nat Bowditch's fathers' ship?
And
What happened to it that significantly impacted the Bowditch family's life?
The Polly
The ship ran aground and sank in 1775.
200
Newton recognized light is made up of a spectrum of colors. You see this when light passes through a prism or when light passes through raindrops on a sunny day? Light is therefore divided into what colors?
Red, Orange, yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
200
When you pull a weight to one side on a pendulum, you are moving it from where it hung. The distance and direction that you move it is called
displacement
200
King Frederick II of Denmark gave Tycho Brahe an island where he built an
Observatory:
a structure that is made for the purpose of making detailed astronomical observations
200
This is the force that causes apples to fall to the ground, that attracts the moon to the earth, the earth to the sun, and the sun to the universe
Gravity
300
What is the profession of Nat's father after his sailing days?
Cooper
Maker and repairer of wooden casks
300
What is Newton's First Law of Motion?
An object in motion stays in motion unless acted on. An object at rest stays at rest unless acted on.
300
Legend says that Galileo experimented with his theory of falling bodies by dropping different weights from this famous building
Tower of Pisa
Leaning Tower of Pisa
300
What is Kepler's Law of Ellipses?
Planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun as a focus
300
The greater the mass, the greater the
Gravitational pull
400
What is the name of the chandlery Nat Bowditch is indentured to?
Ropes and Hodges
400
What is Newton's Third Law?
Law of Action-Reaction
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
400
Using what he knew about telescopes, Galileo crate the first type of what scientific instrument
Compound Microscope
400
Name two theories that Nicolaus Copernicus was correct about, even despite the fact it contracted what the church believed and most other traditional teachings
1: Heliocentric theory: the sun is the center of the solar system and all the planets orbit around it
2: The Earth spins on its own axis every 24 hours giving us different views of the sun and stars
400
Which scientist discovered that the moon does not give off its own light, rather reflects it from the sun
Galileo Galilei
500
What's the name of the book written by Nathaniel Bowditch
The New American Practical Navigator
First published in 1802, Nathaniel Bowditch's book is still kept on ships and is the standard in navigational texts
500
What is Newton's Second Law?
Law of Force
The acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied
500
Galileo invited this, which measures the specific gravity of objects in water
hydrostatic balance
500
Isaac Newton invented this type of telescope which used mirrors rather than lenses to study the heavens
reflecting telescope
500
This scientist claimed to be the first to develop calculus. It may be that this scientist was the first to publish his ideas, but Isaac Newton was the first to discover them. Unfortunately, arguing over the matter dampened both their careers.
Gottfried Leibniz