Johannes Kelpler
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Theories
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What is Kepler's second law?
Gravity causes the planets to move slower further from the sun, and faster when it’s closer.
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What year was Copernicus born in?
1473
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What was the instrument used to find out what the four tiny lights were revolving around Jupiter?
A telescope
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These two theories made Isaac Newton famous?
The three laws of motion and The law of gravity
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What are Kepler's laws called?
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
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What is Kepler's third law?
The further the planet is from the sun, the slower its velocity.
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What was Copernicus's theory called?
The Heliocentric Solar System
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What was the difference between the balls Galileo dropped?
The masses
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What is the formula for newtons second law?
Force =Mass x Acceleration
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What did Copernicus discover?
That our solar system is a Heliocentric solar system
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What is Kepler's first law?
The orbit, of a planet about a star, is an ellipse with the star at one focus.
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What is the Heliocentric Solar System?
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe.
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What law did he create?
The law of The Pendulum
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Where did Isaac Newton study?
Cambridge University
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Who's theory did Galileo confirm?
Copernicus's theory
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Who assigned the task to analyze the observations on Mars that he had made?
Tycho Brahe
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Who influenced Copernicus?
Aristaranus
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Galileo looked at _______ and figured it had ______.
Venus and Phases
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When did Newton die?
March 31, 1727
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What book did Newton publish in 1687?
The Principia
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When and where did Kepler die?
In 1630 in Regensburg
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What is the book called that Copernicus wrote?
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
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How many times stronger was the telescope that Galileo made?
32 times
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Who knighted Newton?
Queen Anne
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What is the main idea of the scientific revolution?
Using theories to make observations
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