Vocabulary
Key Figures (People)
Inventions
Muslim Contributions
Other Facts
100
A period of great advances in the sciences, roughly 1500-1700.
What is the scientific revolution?
100
He put the force of gravity into a simple equation. He also stated that the strength of the force depended on the mass, the amount of matter in an object, and the distance between objects.
Who is Newton?
100
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit made this more accurate in the early 1700's, but Galileo was likely the first person to invent it.
What is a thermometer?
100
This is a material used in hospitals that was developed by Al-Zahrawi when stitches needed to be made.
What is animal guts?
100
Isaac Newton published these after lots of study on motion.
What is the three laws of motions?
200
A method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data, facts or information, is gathered, a hypothesis,and idea to be tested, is formed from the data, and the hypothesis is tested. It was invented by Galileo and Copernicus and modified throughout the years.
What is the scientific method?
200
He figured out that the orbits, the path that one heavenly body follows around another, of the planets were ellipses and not circles.
Who is Kepler?
200
This makes small objects appear larger and was invented by a Dutch lens man.
What is a microscope?
200
A doctor named William Harvey discovered this in 1628.
What is the full blood circulation system?
200
Algebra came from this Arabic word.
What is Al Jabr?
300
Having or representing the sun as the center.
What is heliocentric?
300
He prized logic and mathematics. To gain knowledge that was certain, he said, people should doubt every statement until logic proved it to be true. He also saw the physical universe as obeying universal mathematical laws.
Who is Descartes?
300
Torricelli invented this. It measures changes in the pressure of the atmosphere.
What is a barometer?
300
This is a water powered machine that has several countries incorporated in it such as Egypt, China, and India.
What is the elephant clock?
300
This how old Newton was when he made the three laws of motion.
What is 45?
400
A new useful process or machine made that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of a person or genius.
What is an invention?
400
He invented a more powerful version of the telescope and used the mathematics to describe the paths of projectiles, an object that is fired or launched. He used this method to disproved Aristotle's theory that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones.
Who is Galileo?
400
A man named Hans Lepperhey invented this. It helps see the planets, stars, and moons more clearly.
What is the telescope?
400
He discovered the way our eyes worked. After many observations, he learned that light reflects off of objects and enters our eye.
Who is Ibn Al-Haytham?
400
This is how old Galileo was when he died.
What is 78?
500
The philosophy that reason rather than experience is the foundation of certainty in knowledge.
What is rationalism?
500
He proposed the daring idea that the Earth and other planets travel around the sun, but had no proof.
Who is Copernicus?
500
This was used for navigation and constellations. It was invented by Merriam Al-Ijliya.
What is an astrolabe?
500
He used many math laws to try and become successful at flying. He almost built a flying contraption, but forgot the tail for landing.
Who is Abbas Ibn Firnas?
500
Nicolas Copernicus gazed at the stars with these colored eyes.
What is bright blue?
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