Deep Dive
Deeper Dive
Last Week
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Was Isaac Newton the top of his class at Cambridge University?

NO

100

What can a cannonball do with enough velocity?

Orbit the Earth

100

What is the period in history that we've been learning about?

Scientific Revolution

200

What famous thing in space is named after Edmond Halley?

Halley's Comet

200

How long did it take Halley to complete his map of the stars?

12 months

200

When is everything due for this unit?

August 30th!

300

What year will we be able to see Halley's comet in the sky again?

2061

300

Why don't we know what Robert Hooke looked like?

Newton threw the only portrait of him into a fire after his death.

300

What is Andreas Vesalius' nickname?

Father of Human Anatomy

400

What was one thing that Robert Hooke discovered?

The cell, aspects of evolution, the law of elasticity, and the air pump.

400

Who claimed that Newton stole his theory of gravity?

Robert Hooke

400

What did Andreas Vesalius do to study the human body?

He dissected it.

500

Who figured out what the actual size of the Solar System is?

Edmond Halley

500

Which galaxy will eventually collide with ours?

Andromeda Galaxy

500

What is the big thing that William Harvey discovered?

That the heart is a pump.

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