The Ancients
Democritus suggested that all things are made up of these individual particles.
What are atoms
What are government and culture?
The geocentric model of the solar system was replaced by this
What is the heliocentric or Copernican system
This scientist created a way to classify all living creatures
Who is Carolus Linnaeus
This theory by Albert Einstein explains how matter is another form of energy and shows how matter could be converted to energy
What is the special theory of Relativity
This Egyptian was known for his medical knowledge and ability to heal.
Who was Imhotep
Robert Grosseteste is often called the father of this method.
What is the Scientific Method
This scientist was responsible for using experiments to show that gravity was responsible for attracting objects to Earth.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier's most important contribution to science
What is the Law of Mass Conservation
This scientist developed a model of what an atom looks like
Who is Niels Bohr
This Greek thinker is called "the father of life sciences".
Who is Aristotle
This was a practice whose goal was to turn lead into gold.
What is Alchemy
He was known for making advances in the study of geometry and algebra and discovered atmospheric pressure.
Who is Blaise Pascal
Known as the father of modern atomic theory
Who is John Dalton
This law states that "energy cannot be created or destroyed but just changes form"
What is the First Law of Thermodynamics?
Ptolemy studied the heavens and suggested this model of the universe.
What is the Geocentric System
This scientist came up with equations to describe speed and distance traveled, proving wrong most of Aristotle's ideas about motion.
Who is Thomas Bradwardine
This man used mathematics to explain the heliocentric system that Copernicus promoted.
Who is Johannes Kepler
This scientist came up with a method to prevent bacteria from spoiling liquids. Name the scientist and the method
Who is Louis Pasteur and what is paseurization
Max Planck came up with an idea that just like matter, energy exists in tiny packets called...
What are quanta
This Greek thinker applied mathematical formulas to explain mechanisms in the world.
Who was Archimedes
This scientist was interested in the idea that God is infinite and studied the planets and stars because of this
Who is Nicholas of Cusa
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek revolutionized the study of living things by building this
What is the single lens microscope
Known as the father of modern genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel