Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler
What was the name of the model of the universe that Copernicus supported?
Heliocentric model
Where was Galileo from?
Italy
Where is Isaac Newton from?
England
By dissecting dead bodies
What is the Renaissance?
a rebirth of art, literature, culture, etc. in Europe
What shape were Kepler's planetary orbits?
Elipitical
True or False? Galileo lived before Copernicus
False
Name one thing Newton is famous for?
laws of motion, gravity, his book
Name one of his most famous art pieces
Mona Lisa or The Last Supper
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
What is Brahe most known for?
His awesome star-gazing charts
What instrument did Galileo improve to help the Venetians?
The telescope
What was his book called?
Principia
Which language did da Vinci write in?
Italian
Which family was a big patron of the arts, which allowed artists to flourish?
Name one of Keplers laws of planetary motion
What is Galileo's law of relative motion?
Motion is only observed when you have reference to an outside point.
Describe the law of universal gravity
Two objects exert a pull on each other. The heavier one will exert more pull on the other. The farther away the objects are from each other, the less pull there is between the two.
the armoured tank, the parachute, helicopter, scuba gear, perfect city, etc
What was the name of the terrible disease that ravaged Europe throughout the mid-1300s?
The Black Death
What was Copernicus' book called?
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
What is the law of universally accelerated motion?
All moving objects of the same mass change velocity at the same rate
In the first law, an object will not change its motion unless a force acts on it. In the second law, the force on an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration. In the third law, when two objects interact, they apply forces to each other of equal magnitude and opposite direction.
Describe a unique feature of his notebooks
wrote in mirror script, wrote 20,000 pages worth, etc.
What was the name of the invention that helped make books more easily available and increase literacy?
The printing press