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He came up with the idea that the sun is in the middle of the universe
What is Nicolaus Copernicus
100
An instrument designed to make distant objects appear closer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors it does just that. Generally used to look out into space.
What is Telescope
100
VOCABULARY WORD: Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
What is Data
100

In the history of science, there was a period when new ideas in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry... really came along.

What is The Scientific Revolution

100
The action or process of being found.
What is Discovery
200
He improved the telescope, described the path of projectiles, an object that is fired or launched, found out that the moon’s surface is rough and uneven, he discovered 4 moons around Jupiter, and he also studied Venus and found out that like the moon Venus also had different phases which made him realized that since Venus had phases like the moon then it must be traveling around the sun.
What is Galileo Galilei
200
An instrument used for looking at very small objects, typically magnified several hundred times.
What is Microscope
200

Person: This person was the first to observe a super nova

Who is Tycho Brahe

200

A method of procedure that has described natural science since the 17th century. The steps for this method are, ask a Question, research, make a hypothesis, experiment, and make a conclusion.

What is The Scientific Method

200

A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

What is Scientist

300
He discovered the laws of gravitation. His law of universal gravitation states that every particle of matter attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. He is also the person that figured all of that out after an apple fell on his head.
What is Isaac Newton
300

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented this device to measure change in temperature.

What is the mercury thermometer

300

Invention: The Barometer is useful in ...?

What is predicting weather and altitude 

300

The word for the idea that the earth is in the center of the universe.

What is Geocentric

300
The idea that the sun is in the center of the universe.
What is Heliocentric
400
He improved Copernicus's theory, that the sun is in the center of the universe, and figured out that the orbits of the planets aren't actually circular but ellipse.
What is Johannes Kepler
400
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. It was invented by Evangelista Torricelli
What is Barometer
400
Key Figure: This guy is also known as the father of microbiology. In fact he was the one who invented the microscope.
What is Anton von Leeuwonhoek
400

A proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth. Guessing.

What is Hypothesis

400

The planets orbit the sun in this fashion

What is elliptical

500

He is considered the father of modern anatomy and published detailed works of the human flesh and vascular system.

What is Andres Versailles

500

This person invented the coordinate plane

Who is Rene Descartes

500
KEY FIGURE: He was the first to demonstrate that the circulation of blood through the human body is continuous, rather than consisting of different types circulating through the veins and arteries.
What is William Harvey
500

The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon... ex. The path that the planets take around the sun.

What is Orbits

500
Something, typically a process or device, that has been created or constructed.
What is Inventions
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