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____ are explanations based on ____.
Answer choices: theories, opinions, ideas, research, facts
Theories are explanations based on facts.
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Bacon and ____ established ____ as the principles of modern science by developing the scientific method.
Answer choices: Galileo, Van Leeuwenhoek, Socrates, Aristotle, Descartes
Answer choices: observation and experimentation, observation and research, experimentation and research
Bacon and Descartes established observation and experimentation as the principles of modern science by developing the scientific method.
What is one way that religion promoted knowledge?
A) Christian scholars taught Arabic.
B) Muslim scholars taught Greek ideas.
C) Religious scholars translated Greek ideas.
D) Religious scholars wrote about Arabic science.
C) Religious scholars translated Greek ideas.
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____ invented the microscope, which allowed scientists to examine ____.
Answer choices: Galileo, Van Leeuwenhoek, Socrates, Aristotle, Descartes
Answer choices: skin, cells, fibers, DNA, germs, stars
Van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope, which allowed scientists to examine cells.
Who contributed to science the idea that people should observe the world carefully and draw logical conclusions about what they see?
A) Aquinas
B) Aristotle
C) Maimonides
D) Ptolemy
B) Aristotle
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What did Newton do when he studied and simplified the work of earlier scientists? (3)
A) proved that the planets orbit the sun
B) added his own observations and ideas
C) reviewed everything scientists had been learning
D) developed a method for keeping accurate records
E) established the use of experiments to test theories
F) identified theories that described the operation of the physical world
B) added his own observations and ideas
C) reviewed everything scientists had been learning
F) identified theories that described the operation of the physical world
Statements:
A) he charted the positions of hundreds of stars
B) he said the planets do not have circular orbits
C) he said the planets orbit the sun
A) Brahe
B) Kepler
C) Copernicus
What did Galileo invent?
A) the telescope
B) the barometer
C) the microscope
D) the thermometer
D) the thermometer
Why did the Catholic Church put Galileo on trial?
A) for promoting a revolt against religious authority
B) for supporting the view that the planets orbit the sun
C) for publishing a book that connected science to religion
D) for refusing to attend church once he began his experiments
B) for supporting the view that the planets orbit the sun