Scientists
Discoveries & Inventions
Scientific Method
Other stuff you should know
100
Who invented the telescope.
Galileo
100
Galileo invented this tool which he used to investigate the planets and the sun.
Telescope
100
This is the main part of the scientific method and the third step in the scientific method.
Experiment
100
Using these common symbols made math much easier.
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200
Who hypothesized the sun is the center of our solar system?
Copernicus
200
Using these two math procedures made multiplication and division much easier.
Addition and subtraction
200
This is an educated guess and the second step of the scientific method.
Hypothesis
200
Before this era, this book was the main source of knowledge.
The Bible
300
Who figured-out it was gravity that kept the planets circling the sun?
Newton
300
This math procedure enables scientists to calculate objects position in space.
Analytical geometry
300
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Select a problem or question.
300
This is the method scientists use to determine what is true.
Scientific method
400
This scientist figure-out that objects fall at the same speed even if the objects are different weights.
Galileo
400
This math procedure makes it possible to calculate things that are constantly changing.
Calculus
400
This is the fourth step of the scientific method.
Make observations.
400
How did the Catholic Church feel about the scientific discoveries of this era?
The Church did not like it because it challenged the Church's authority.
500
Many of this very famous scientist's early theories were proved wrong by scientists of this era.
Aristotle
500
An apple helped Newton figure-out this force of nature.
Gravity
500
This is the fifth step of the scientific method.
Draw conclusions.
500
Which falls faster, a 5 pound bag of rocks or a 10 pound bag of feathers?
Each falls at the same speed. Aerodynamics make things fall at different speeds, not weight.
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